Unpublished paper, 'On the mechanical description of curves' by W H L [William Henry Leighton] Russell
Reference number: AP/51/12
Date: 1869
Description
Russell presents his mathematic theories regarding the mechanical description of curves, taking as an example three wheels rolling into one another.
Annotations in ink throughout. Notes on front read '1 sheet drawing', 'Archives 1869' and 'Revised paper printed in Proceedings'.
Subject: Mathematics / Physics
Received and read 17 June 1869.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 18 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the mechanical description of curves'.
- Reference number
- AP/51/12
- Earliest possible date
- 1869
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 17 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Henry Leighton Russell, Unpublished paper, 'On the mechanical description of curves' by W H L [William Henry Leighton] Russell, 1869, AP/51/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_51_12/unpublished-paper-on-the-mechanical-description-of-curves-by-w-h-l-william-henry-leighton-russell, accessed on 07 December 2024
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Archived papers: volume 51, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1868-1869
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