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Unpublished paper, 'Observations on the different nature of motive and accelerative forces' in a letter from Cha [Charles] Wildbore to SIr Joseph Banks

Reference number: AP/7/32

Date: 13 May 1790

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Paper by Wildbore describing the difference between motive force and accelerative force. The paper is followed by a short letter on the same page from Wildbore to Banks, in which he states that he had received no word regarding his expanded paper on spherical motion, and wonders if the delay is because [John] Landen was expected to publish on the same subject. Wildbore explains that this paper on forces was intended for only interested Fellows, not the public,

Subject: Physics / Mathematics

Written by Wildbore in Broughton [Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire, England] and addressed to Banks in Soho Square, London.

Reference number
AP/7/32
Earliest possible date
13 May 1790
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished paper, 'Observations on the different nature of motive and accelerative forces' in a letter from Cha [Charles] Wildbore to SIr Joseph Banks, 13 May 1790, AP/7/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_7_32/unpublished-paper-observations-on-the-different-nature-of-motive-and-accelerative-forces-in-a-letter-from-cha-charles-wildbore-to-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 21 January 2026

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