Paper, regarding a pendulum experiment by [William Brouncker]
Reference number: CLP/1/15
Date: 1662
Description
An account of a pendulum experiment. proving that the curve of isochronous descent is a cycloid (proved earlier by Huygens by other means), and that the centre of curvature of every point of the cycloid (evolute) is a cycloid. Includes figures and equations in text.
Subject: Mechanics
- Reference number
- CLP/1/15
- Earliest possible date
- 1662
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Brouncker, Paper, regarding a pendulum experiment by [William Brouncker], 1662, CLP/1/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_1_15/paper-regarding-a-pendulum-experiment-by-william-brouncker, accessed on 29 April 2025
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Classified papers: volume 1 concerning 'Arithmetick, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry'
1669-1731 Reference number: CLP/1
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Christiaan Huygens
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William Brouncker
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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