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Paper, 'Of the line described by the nave of a wheel compared to that of the tire' by George Morland

Reference number: L&P/4/403

Date: 1767

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Subject: Engineering

Read 2 July 1767

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L&P/4/403
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1767
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the line described by the nave of a wheel compared to that of the tire' by George Morland, 1767, L&P/4/403, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_403/paper-of-the-line-described-by-the-nave-of-a-wheel-compared-to-that-of-the-tire-by-george-morland, accessed on 17 April 2026

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