Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

Unpublished paper, 'On a uniform rotation machine and on the theory of electromagnetic tuning forks' by R H M [Robert Holford Macdowall] Bosanquet

Reference number: AP/62/2

Date: 1882

Description

The primary object of the machine is the construction of standard notes. The machine consists of a three-crank axle with a fly wheel. The cranks are acted on by electro-pneumatic levers, the valves of which control the wind supply. Two of these are acted on by a commutator on the axis; the third is connected with a clock which closes the circuit at every second.

Marked on front as 'Archives Mar 15/83'.

Subject: Electromagnetism / Engineering

20 December 1882. Communicated by H J S [Henry John Stephen] Smith.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 34 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Preliminary paper on a uniform rotation machine; and on the theory of electromagnetic tuning forks'.

Reference number
AP/62/2
Earliest possible date
1882
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
66 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet

View page for Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet

Use this record

Citation

Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet, Unpublished paper, 'On a uniform rotation machine and on the theory of electromagnetic tuning forks' by R H M [Robert Holford Macdowall] Bosanquet, 1882, AP/62/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_62_2/unpublished-paper-on-a-uniform-rotation-machine-and-on-the-theory-of-electromagnetic-tuning-forks-by-r-h-m-robert-holford-macdowall-bosanquet, accessed on 23 January 2025

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/ap_62_2/unpublished-paper-on-a-uniform-rotation-machine-and-on-the-theory-of-electromagnetic-tuning-forks-by-r-h-m-robert-holford-macdowall-bosanquet" title="Unpublished paper, 'On a uniform rotation machine and on the theory of electromagnetic tuning forks' by R H M [Robert Holford Macdowall] Bosanquet" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Archived Papers

    Dates: 1768-1989

    The 'Archived Papers' collection is comprised of original manuscript scientific papers and letters submitted to the Royal Society which remained unpublished or were abstracted in the journal 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' published from 1830 onwards.

    View collection