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Paper, 'Hypothesis of motion' by Wm [William] Neile

Reference number: CLP/3i/53

Date: 1669

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Paper in Latin describing Neile's theory of the motion of bodies and the effects of their actions upon each other.

Subject: Mechanics

Read to the Royal Society on 29 April 1669.

Reference number
CLP/3i/53
Earliest possible date
1669
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Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Neile

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William Neile, Paper, 'Hypothesis of motion' by Wm [William] Neile, 1669, CLP/3i/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_53/paper-hypothesis-of-motion-by-wm-william-neile, accessed on 23 June 2025

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