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Subject: Physics

Published in volume 129 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On the conditions of equilibrium of an incompressible fluid, the particles which are acted upon by accelerating forces'.

Received by the Royal Society on 21 May 1839. Read 20 June 1839.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 4, 1843.

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PT/22/10
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1839
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Ink on paper
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17 pages
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Manuscript

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James Ivory

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James Ivory, Paper, 'On the conditions of equilibrium of an incompressible fluid, the particles of which are acted upon by accelerating forces' by James Ivory, 1839, PT/22/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_22_10/paper-on-the-conditions-of-equilibrium-of-an-incompressible-fluid-the-particles-of-which-are-acted-upon-by-accelerating-forces-by-james-ivory, accessed on 15 September 2026

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