Reference number | AP/7/20 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished letter, regarding Charles Wildbore's paper from [Nevil] Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks |
Date | 8 June 1787 |
Description | Letter from Maskelyne regarding Wildbore's paper on spherical motion (see AP/7/16), requesting that Banks forward questions from Maskelyne to Wildbore. Maskelyne requests line-by-line explanations of sections of the paper relating to vis inertia and vis viva.
On verso is a note explaining that Banks requested these answers from Wildbore on 15 June 1787. Wildbore's response with his answers is found at AP/7/21.
Subject: Physics / Mathematics
Addressed to Banks at Soho Square [London]. |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1790.0028 |
Related records in the catalogue | AP/7/16 |
AP/7/21 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA5553 | Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811) | 1732 - 1811 |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |