Record

RefNoAP/7/2/1
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished manuscript, 'New method proposed for measuring a ship's rate of sailing' by J [James] Burney
Date[1809]
DescriptionBurney discusses a method of calculating a ship's rate of sailing using the quantity of pull on a ship's tow line over a set period of time. Minor corrections and additions appear in ink throughout.

Subject: Physics / Navigation

Read to the Royal Society on 16 February 1809.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordAP/7/2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3739Burney; James (1750 - 1821)1750 - 1821
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