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Paper, 'An investigation of the principle of progressive and rotatory motion' by Samuel Vince

Reference number: L&P/7/170

Date: 1780

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Contains plate.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An investigation of the principles of progressive and rotatory motions'

Read 15 June 1780

Reference number
L&P/7/170
Earliest possible date
1780
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
39 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Samuel Vince

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Samuel Vince, Paper, 'An investigation of the principle of progressive and rotatory motion' by Samuel Vince, 1780, L&P/7/170, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_170/paper-an-investigation-of-the-principle-of-progressive-and-rotatory-motion-by-samuel-vince, accessed on 12 August 2026

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