| RefNo | RR/8/53 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the calculation of the trajectories of shot' by William Davidson Niven |
| Date | nd [1877] |
| Description | Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Daniel Bernoulli and Francis Bashforth. If the second method of calcualtion had been more complete, the paper would have been recommended for publication. Suggests instead publication in the Proceedings, with the example omitted as it has already appeared in the abstract previously published in the Proceedings.
Subject: Mathematics, Applied Sciences
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1878] |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1877.0040 Vol.26 1878 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/8/52 |
| AP/58/12 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7558 | Adams; John Couch (1819 - 1892); mathematician and astronomer | 1819 - 1892 |
| NA6649 | Niven; Sir; William Davidson (1842 - 1917); mathematician and electrical engineer | 1842 - 1917 |