Unpublished paper, 'On the calculation of the trajectories of shot' by W D [William Davidson] Niven
Reference number: AP/58/12
Date: 1876
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Niven provides an overview of existing methods and theories surrounding the calculation of the trajectories of shot, suggesting that ' the problem of integrating the equations of motion of the shot and of plotting-out a representation of the curve described by it is peculiar'.
Note on front reads 'Portion of paper not printed see Proc vol 26 p268'.
Subject: Mathematics / Mechanics
Read 11 May 1876. Communicated by James Clerk Maxwell.
A version of this paper was published in volume 26 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the calculation of the trajectories of shot'.
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- AP/58/12
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- 1876
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- Page extent
- 20 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Davidson Niven, Unpublished paper, 'On the calculation of the trajectories of shot' by W D [William Davidson] Niven, 1876, AP/58/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_58_12/unpublished-paper-on-the-calculation-of-the-trajectories-of-shot-by-w-d-william-davidson-niven, accessed on 08 November 2024
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Date: 31st December 1878
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1877.0040
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Archived papers: volume 58, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1873-1877
1873-1877 Reference number: AP/58
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