| RefNo | PT/70/7/6 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, graph of lissoneoïds and trochoids by unknown artist |
| Date | 1863 |
| Description | Figure 5 shows a graph of lissoneoïds [water-line curves produced from smooth gliding] and trochoids [roulette formed by circle rolling along a line]. Includes note from Rankine to engraver. Figure 6 shows a diagram of a looped elastic curve.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On plane water-lines in two dimensions'.
Received by the Royal Society on 28 July 1863. Read 26 November 1863. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink diagrams on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1863.0008 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1864.0010 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/5/214 |
| RR/5/215 |
| RR/5/216 |
| PT/70/7 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1846 | Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872) | 1820 - 1872 |