| RefNo | CLP/6/40 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Archimedes's problem of King Hiero's crown' by Lord Viscount Mountjoy |
| Date | 9 November 1685 |
| Description | Lord Viscount Mountjoy [William Stewart?] presents his method for finding the volume of an irregularly shaped object. Mountjoy was the President of the Dublin Society at the time of writing.
Subject: Mathematics
Read to the Royal Society on 9 December 1685 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |