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Paper, 'De propositiones aliquot de projectilium motu parabolico scriptae anno 1710' ['Some proposals on parabolic motion of projectiles written in the year 1710'] by B [Brook?] Taylor

Reference number: CLP/3ii/12

Date: 1710

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Taylor writes 11 propositions on the parabolic motion and velocity of projectiles.

Subject: Physics

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CLP/3ii/12
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1710
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Ink on paper
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14 pages
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Manuscript

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Brook Taylor

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Brook Taylor, Paper, 'De propositiones aliquot de projectilium motu parabolico scriptae anno 1710' ['Some proposals on parabolic motion of projectiles written in the year 1710'] by B [Brook?] Taylor, 1710, CLP/3ii/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3ii_12/paper-de-propositiones-aliquot-de-projectilium-motu-parabolico-scriptae-anno-1710-some-proposals-on-parabolic-motion-of-projectiles-written-in-the-year-1710-by-b-brook-taylor, accessed on 08 February 2026

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