Paper, 'The force of fired gunpowder and the velocities of cannon-balls' by Charles Hutton
Reference number: L&P/7/1
Date: 1778
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Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The force of gun-powder, and the initial velocities of cannon balls, determined by experiments; from which is also deduced the relation of the initial velocity to the weight of the shot and the quantity of powder.'
Read 8 January 1778
- Reference number
- L&P/7/1
- Earliest possible date
- 1778
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- Ink on paper and plate
- Page extent
- 22 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Charles Hutton, Paper, 'The force of fired gunpowder and the velocities of cannon-balls' by Charles Hutton, 1778, L&P/7/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_1/paper-the-force-of-fired-gunpowder-and-the-velocities-of-cannon-balls-by-charles-hutton, accessed on 12 December 2024
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Date: 31st December 1778
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1778.0003
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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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Decade 7 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1778-1782 Reference number: L&P/7
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