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Paper, 'A disquisition of the stability of ships' by George Atwood

Reference number: L&P/11/52

Date: 1798

Description

Contains 28 pages of figures.

Subject: Physics/Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A disquisition on the stability of ships'

Read 8 March 1798

Reference number
L&P/11/52
Earliest possible date
1798
Physical description
Ink on paper and 28 figures
Page extent
115 pages
Format
Manuscript

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George Atwood

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George Atwood, Paper, 'A disquisition of the stability of ships' by George Atwood, 1798, L&P/11/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_52/paper-a-disquisition-of-the-stability-of-ships-by-george-atwood, accessed on 13 October 2026

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