RefNo | AP/7/30 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished letter, regarding Wildbore's paper from Cha [Charles] Wildbore to Sir Joseph Banks |
Date | 24 April 1789 |
Description | Wildbore introduces his 'altered and enlarged' paper on spherical motion, improving on his original manuscript found at AP/7/16 following comments from Nevil Maskelyne. He explains that he has gone into greater depth about why his conclusions differ from those of [John] Landen on the subject.
Subject: Physics / Mathematics
Written by Wildbore in Broughton [Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire, England] and addressed to Banks at Soho Square [London]. |
Extent | 2p |
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/7/31 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |
NA7089 | Landen; John (1719 - 1790) | 1719 - 1790 |