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William Croone presents his theory of moving bodies and the results of their actions on each other. Includes diagrams within the text.

Subject: Mechanics

Read to the Royal Society on 21 January 1669.

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CLP/3i/44
Earliest possible date
1668
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Ink on paper
Page extent
22 pages
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Manuscript

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William Croone

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William Croone, Paper, on motion by [William] Croone, 1668, CLP/3i/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_44/paper-on-motion-by-william-croone, accessed on 13 February 2025

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