| RefNo | PT/8/10/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, diagrams showing direction of comet and movement of earth by [James Ivory] |
| Date | [1814] |
| Description | Three diagrams showing the direction of the comet's motion and the movement of the earth in relation to the comet. Likely drawn by Ivory.
Subject: Astronomy / Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A new method of deducing a first approximation to the orbit of a comet from three geocentric observations'.
Communicated by Henry Brougham. Read 17 February 1814. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink diagram on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0296 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1814.0011 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/8/10 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7611 | Ivory; Sir; James (1765 - 1842); mathematician | 1765 - 1842 |
| NA8151 | Brougham; Henry Peter (1778 - 1868); Baron Brougham and Vaux; statesman | 1778 - 1868 |