| RefNo | CLP/1/48/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'De figuris quas fluida rotata induere possunt, problemata duo; cum conjectura de stellis quae aliquando prodeunt vel deficiunt, et de annulo saturni' ['On two problems of the shapes of rotating fluids, with a conjecture about the stars that will eventually emerge or fade, and on the ring of Saturn'] by Petro Ludovico [Pierre Louis] de Maupertuis |
| Date | [1731] |
| Description | De Maupertuis observes how fluids can become spheres, assuming the fluid can be attracted to the centre. He also touches on matters of astronomy including emerging and fading stars and the rings of Saturn.
Subject: Physics / Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'De figuris quas fluida rotata induere possunt, problemata duo; cum conjectura de Stellis quæ aliquando prodeunt vel deficiunt; & de annulo saturni'.
Read to the Royal Society on 8 July 1731. |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 13p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0043
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 37, no 422, p 240 (1731) |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/16/65 |
| CLP/1/48 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7795 | Maupertuis; Pierre Louis Moreau de (1698 - 1759) | 1698 - 1759 |