| RefNo | AP/7/3/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished manuscript, 'Observations on the progress of bodies floating in a stream: with an account of some experiments made in the River Thames, with a view to discover a method for ascertaining the direction of currents' by James Burney |
| Date | 20 August 1808 |
| Description | Burney writes on observations and experiments relating to the progress and acceleration of bodies that float in a stream, and which often descend faster than the stream itself, a phenomenon that Burney posits is due to perpendicular pressure. Minor additions appear in ink throughout.
Subject: Physics
Written by Burney at James Street, Westminster [London]. Read to the Royal Society on 16 February 1809. |
| Extent | 12p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | AP/7/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3739 | Burney; James (1750 - 1821) | 1750 - 1821 |