| Reference number | AP/58/12 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the calculation of the trajectories of shot' by W D [William Davidson] Niven |
| Date | 1876 |
| Description | Niven provides an overview of existing methods and theories surrounding the calculation of the trajectories of shot, suggesting that ' the problem of integrating the equations of motion of the shot and of plotting-out a representation of the curve described by it is peculiar'.
Note on front reads 'Portion of paper not printed see Proc vol 26 p268'.
Subject: Mathematics / Mechanics
Read 11 May 1876. Communicated by James Clerk Maxwell.
A version of this paper was published in volume 26 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the calculation of the trajectories of shot'. |
| Extent | 20p |
| 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.1877.0040 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/8/52 |
| RR/8/53 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6649 | Niven; Sir; William Davidson (1842 - 1917); mathematician and electrical engineer | 1842 - 1917 |
| NA4170 | Harris; Thomas Maxwell (1903 - 1983) | 1903 - 1983 |