| Reference number | AP/39/24 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the application of parabolic trigonometry to the investigation of the properties of the common catenary' by James Booth |
| Date | 1857 |
| Description | Booth writes on the relation between the equation of the common catenary referred to rectangular coordinates, and one of the principal formulae of parabolic trigonometry. He suggests that 'the most curious analogies' exist between the properties of the catenary and the parabola.
Subject: Mathematics / Mechanics
Received 19 March 1857. Read 2 April 1857.
A version of this paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the application of parabolic trigonometry to the investigation of the properties of the common catenary'. |
| Extent | 8p |
| 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.1856.0117 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7648 | Booth; James (1806 - 1878) | 1806 - 1878 |