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Unpublished letter, regarding Wildbore's paper from Cha [Charles] Wildbore to Sir Joseph Banks

Reference number: AP/7/24

Date: 29 February 1788

Description

Wildbore responds to questions posed by Nevil Maskelyne (AP/7/23) relating to his paper on spherical motion. Wildbore explains the design of the reasoning appearing on page 2 of his manuscript (see AP/7/16), which is to simplify the compound motion of spherical bodies. He includes a small illustrative figure to this effect within the first paragraph of the letter.

Subject: Physics / Mathematics

Written by Wildbore in Broughton [Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire, England].

Reference number
AP/7/24
Earliest possible date
29 February 1788
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Unpublished letter, regarding Wildbore's paper from Cha [Charles] Wildbore to Sir Joseph Banks, 29 February 1788, AP/7/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_7_24/unpublished-letter-regarding-wildbores-paper-from-cha-charles-wildbore-to-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 20 September 2024

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