Paper, 'On wind pressure upon an inclined surface' by W H [William Henry] Dines
Reference number: PP/16/23
Date: 1890
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Dines writes: 'In accordance with a plan suggested in a memorandum drawn up by Professor Darwin, I have made the following experiments upon this subject, using for the purpose the large whirling machine of 56 feet diameter erected at Hersham. The apparatus was made by Mr Munro, and the general arrangement is shown in figs. 1, 2, and 3.'
Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes three pages of diagrams.
Subject: Meteorology
Received 12 June 1890. Read 19 June 1890.
A version of this paper was published in volume 48 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On wind pressure upon an inclined surface'.
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- PP/16/23
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- 1890
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- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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- 32 pages
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William Henry Dines, Paper, 'On wind pressure upon an inclined surface' by W H [William Henry] Dines, 1890, PP/16/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_16_23/paper-on-wind-pressure-upon-an-inclined-surface-by-w-h-william-henry-dines, accessed on 09 November 2024
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IV. On wind pressure upon an inclined surface External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1891
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0034
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Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 48, 1890
1890 Reference number: PP/16
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