Paper, 'Demonstration of a law of motion in the case of a body deflected by two forces tending constantly to two fixed points' by John Robertson and John Jones
Reference number: L&P/5/84
Date: 27 February 1769
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Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. John Robertson, Lib. R. S. to James West, Esq; President of the Royal Society; containing the demonstration of a law of motion, in the case of a body deflected by two forces tending constantly to two fixed points'
Read 6 April 1769
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- L&P/5/84
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- 27 February 1769
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- 6 pages
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John Robertson, Paper, 'Demonstration of a law of motion in the case of a body deflected by two forces tending constantly to two fixed points' by John Robertson and John Jones, 27 February 1769, L&P/5/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_84/paper-demonstration-of-a-law-of-motion-in-the-case-of-a-body-deflected-by-two-forces-tending-constantly-to-two-fixed-points-by-john-robertson-and-john-jones, accessed on 21 January 2025
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XII. A letter from Mr. John Robertson, Lib. R. S. to James West, Esq; President of the Royal Society; containing the demonstration of a law of motion, in the case of a body deflected by two forces tending constantly to two fixed points External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1769
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1769.0012
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