| RefNo | AP/61/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'The wave of translation and the work it does as the carrier wave of sound' by John Scott Russell |
| Date | 1881 |
| Description | Russell presents a short history of the wave of translation [Russell's solitary wave], which he discovered in 1832-3; an investigation of its shape, nature, speed, and difference from all other waves in its character as a solitary carrier wave; the application of this solitary wave in air to the carrying of sound; and errors of the phrases in general use for the explanation of the conveyance of sound.
Marked on front as 'Archives Oct 27/81'.
Subject: Physics
Received 13 June 1881.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 32 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The wave of translation and the work it does as the carrier wave of sound'. |
| Extent | 119p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1881.0035 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/8/338 |
| RR/8/339 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5548 | Russell; John Scott (1808 - 1882) | 1808 - 1882 |