| RefNo | AP/81/23 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished appendix, 'Detailed calculation of the advance of perihelion of a planet moving in the equatorial plane, on the basis of Whitehead's theory of gravitation' by C B Rayner |
| Creator | Rayner; C B (1955) |
| Date | [1955] |
| Description | Rayner presents equations relating to the 'orbits of test-particles in the equatorial plane' and 'the advance of perihelion of planetary orbits.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Note on front reads 'For deposit in the RS Archives'.
Subject: Physics / Astronomy
The affiliated paper was published in volume 232 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A as 'The effects of rotation of the central body on its planetary orbits, after the Whitehead theory of gravitation'. |
| Extent | 11p |
| Format | Typescript |
| Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1955.0206 |