John Eames's 'a short Account of Dr Jurin's ninth and last dissertation: 'De vi motrice"
Reference number: RBO/18/9
Date: 1732
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Concerning the motive force of bodies whether estimated by velocities or the squares of the velocities when the masses are equal
Origin of argument among mathematicians began with a comment by Leibnitz in 1686
Read to the Royal Society on 14 December 1732
- Reference number
- RBO/18/9
- Earliest possible date
- 1732
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Eames's 'a short Account of Dr Jurin's ninth and last dissertation: 'De vi motrice", 1732, RBO/18/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_18_9/john-eamess-a-short-account-of-dr-jurins-ninth-and-last-dissertation-de-vi-motrice, accessed on 19 April 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 18, copies of papers communicated 1732-1734
1732-1734 Reference number: RBO/18
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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