Unpublished diagram, pendulum by William Thomson
Reference number: AP/51/14
Date: 1869
Description
A rough pencil sketch showing the movement of a pendulum. Marked on front as 'to be kept in archives for reference'. May relate to a paper abstracted in volume 17 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a new astronomical clock, and a pendulum governor for uniform motion'.
Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments
- Reference number
- AP/51/14
- Earliest possible date
- 1869
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Diagram
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William Thomson, Unpublished diagram, pendulum by William Thomson, 1869, AP/51/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_51_14/unpublished-diagram-pendulum-by-william-thomson, accessed on 07 December 2024
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VI. On a new astronomical clock, and a pendulum governor for uniform motion External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1869
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1868.0097
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Archived papers: volume 51, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1868-1869
1868-1869 Reference number: AP/51
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William Thomson
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