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Unpublished figures and photographs, 'On a machine for solving simultaneous linear equations' by William Thomson

Reference number: AP/60/18

Date: 1879

Description

Plans and photographs of Thomson's machine. Two photographs at end relate to his Harmonic Analyser, not the machine of the title. The paper was abstracted without illustrations in volume 28 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a machine for the solution of simultaneous linear equations'.

Subject: Engineering

Reference number
AP/60/18
Earliest possible date
1879
Physical description
Ink on paper and photograph
Page extent
9 pages
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Photograph
Drawing

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Unpublished figures and photographs, 'On a machine for solving simultaneous linear equations' by William Thomson, 1879, AP/60/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_60_18/unpublished-figures-and-photographs-on-a-machine-for-solving-simultaneous-linear-equations-by-william-thomson, accessed on 16 August 2026

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