Record

RefNoAP/7/24
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, regarding Wildbore's paper from Cha [Charles] Wildbore to Sir Joseph Banks
Date29 February 1788
DescriptionWildbore 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].
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1790.0028
RelatedRecordAP/7/16
AP/7/23
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
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