Unpublished paper, 'New method proposed for measuring a ship's rate of sailing' by J [James] Burney
Reference number: AP/7/2
Date: 1809
Description
Burney discusses a method of calculating a ship's rate of sailing using the quantity of pull on a ship's tow line over a set period of time. Includes one page of illustrations.
Subject: Physics / Navigation
Read to the Royal Society on 16 February 1809.
- Reference number
- AP/7/2
- Earliest possible date
- 1809
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Burney, Unpublished paper, 'New method proposed for measuring a ship's rate of sailing' by J [James] Burney, 1809, AP/7/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_7_2/unpublished-paper-new-method-proposed-for-measuring-a-ships-rate-of-sailing-by-j-james-burney, accessed on 25 June 2025
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Archived papers: volume 7, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1787-1811
1787-1811 Reference number: AP/7
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