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Unpublished paper, 'On the flotation of solid bodies in liquids of less density than the solids' by Henry Hennessy

Reference number: AP/69/8

Date: 1893

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Hennessy writes on the mechanics of the flotation of solid bodies in liquids of less density than the solids, sharing experimental observations.

Subject: Physics

Received 3 April 1893. Not read.

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AP/69/8
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1893
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Hennessy

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Henry Hennessy, Unpublished paper, 'On the flotation of solid bodies in liquids of less density than the solids' by Henry Hennessy, 1893, AP/69/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_69_8/unpublished-paper-on-the-flotation-of-solid-bodies-in-liquids-of-less-density-than-the-solids-by-henry-hennessy, accessed on 14 September 2024

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