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Unpublished paper, 'On the three-bar motion of Watt' by William Brennand

Reference number: AP/69/4

Date: 1893

Description

Brennand presents a series of geometrical figures and mechanical problems concerning Watt's motion.

Annotations in pencil throughout. Includes geometrical and trigonometrical diagrams throughout the text.

Subject: Mathematics / Engineering / Mechanics

Received 2 January 1893. Read 26 January 1893. Communicated by C B [Charles Baron] Clarke.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 52 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the three-bar motion of watt'.

Reference number
AP/69/4
Earliest possible date
1893
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
164 pages
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Manuscript
Diagram
Printed

Creator name

William Brennand

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William Brennand, Unpublished paper, 'On the three-bar motion of Watt' by William Brennand, 1893, AP/69/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_69_4/unpublished-paper-on-the-three-bar-motion-of-watt-by-william-brennand, accessed on 09 October 2024

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