Diagram, 'Sketch shewing method for finding the distance EF between two spikes in the tops of two piles in Berry's Bay, Port Jackson [Australia]' by Richard Threlfall and John Frederick Adair
Reference number: PP/14/36/2
Date: 1889
Description
A geometrical diagram illustrating Threlfall and Adair's method for measuring a distance.
Subject: Physics / Mathematics
A print of this diagram was published in volume 46 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On the velocity of transmission through sea-water of disturbances of large amplitude caused by explosions'.
- Reference number
- PP/14/36/2
- Earliest possible date
- 1889
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Richard Threlfall, John Frederick Adair, Diagram, 'Sketch shewing method for finding the distance EF between two spikes in the tops of two piles in Berry's Bay, Port Jackson [Australia]' by Richard Threlfall and John Frederick Adair, 1889, PP/14/36/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_14_36_2/diagram-sketch-shewing-method-for-finding-the-distance-ef-between-two-spikes-in-the-tops-of-two-piles-in-berrys-bay-port-jackson-australia-by-richard-threlfall-and-john-frederick-adair, accessed on 18 April 2026
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Related Publications
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On the velocity of transmission through sea-water of disturbances of large amplitude caused by explosions External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1890
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1889.0055
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Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 46, 1889
1889 Reference number: PP/14 -
Paper, 'On the velocity of transmission through sea-water of disturbances of large amplitude caused by explosions' by Richard Threlfall and John Frederick Adair
1889 Creator: Richard Threlfall , John Frederick Adair Reference number: PP/14/36
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Richard Threlfall
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Dates: 1882 - 1894
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