RefNo | AP/11/3 |
Level | File |
Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the mathematical laws of electro magnetism' by Peter Barlow |
Date | [1822] |
Description | Barlow recounts his electromagnetic experiments using magnets and wires, and attempts to define laws based in mathematics to explain the effect of a galvanic wire on the compass. Includes one page of illustrations.
Final page verso is marked '(Withdrawn)'. Minor corrections appear throughout in ink.
Subject: Physics
Communicated by Major [Thomas Frederick] Colby. Read to the Royal Society on 23 May 1822. |
Extent | 22p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | AP/11/3/1 |
AP/11/3/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA3821 | Colby; Thomas Frederick (1784 - 1852) | 1784 - 1852 |
NA5788 | Barlow; Peter (1776 - 1862); mathematician | 1776 - 1862 |