Paper, 'Experiments concerning the vibrations of pendulums' by William Derham
Reference number: CLP/3ii/38
Date: 17 April 1735
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Derham shares details of experiments made 'some years ago', brought to mind by an account shared by Colin Campbell in an earlier volume of Philosophical Transactions regarding the 'goings of a clock' (see CLP/3ii/36).
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Experiments concerning the vibrations of pendulums'
Read to the Royal Society on 17 April 1735
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- CLP/3ii/38
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- 17 April 1735
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- 7 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Derham, Paper, 'Experiments concerning the vibrations of pendulums' by William Derham, 17 April 1735, CLP/3ii/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3ii_38/paper-experiments-concerning-the-vibrations-of-pendulums-by-william-derham, accessed on 14 January 2025
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Creator: George Graham, Colin Campbell Reference number: CLP/3ii/36
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