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RefNoAP/51/12
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the mechanical description of curves' by W H L [William Henry Leighton] Russell
Date1869
DescriptionRussell presents his mathematic theories regarding the mechanical description of curves, taking as an example three wheels rolling into one another.

Annotations in ink throughout. Notes on front read '1 sheet drawing', 'Archives 1869' and 'Revised paper printed in Proceedings'.

Subject: Mathematics / Physics

Received and read 17 June 1869.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 18 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the mechanical description of curves'.
Extent17p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1869.0022
RelatedRecordRR/6/258
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1543Russell; William Henry Leighton (1823 - 1891)1823 - 1891
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