RefNo | AP/7/24 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished letter, regarding Wildbore's paper from Cha [Charles] Wildbore to Sir Joseph Banks |
Date | 29 February 1788 |
Description | Wildbore responds to questions posed by Nevil Maskelyne (AP/7/23) relating to his paper on spherical motion. Wildbore explains the design of the reasoning appearing on page 2 of his manuscript (see AP/7/16), which is to simplify the compound motion of spherical bodies. He includes a small illustrative figure to this effect within the first paragraph of the letter.
Subject: Physics / Mathematics
Written by Wildbore in Broughton [Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire, England]. |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1790.0028 |
RelatedRecord | AP/7/16 |
AP/7/23 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |