| Reference number | AP/34/20 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the theory of waves' by Andrew John Robertson |
| Creator | Robertson; Andrew John (fl 1852) |
| Date | July 1852 |
| Description | Robertson shares mathematical formulae relating to the breaking of waves.
Subject: Mathematics / Hydrology
Received 6 September 1852. Read 25 November 1852. Communicated by Henry Moseley.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 6 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the theory of waves'. |
| Extent | 42p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0086 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/2/202 |
| RR/2/203 |
| RR/2/204 |
| RR/2/205 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA2248 | Moseley; Henry (1801 - 1872); churchman, mathematician, and writer on mechanics | 1801 - 1872 |