| Reference number | CLP/3ii/9 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'A letter from the Revd [Reverend] Father Felix Bernard's to the Royal Society, consider'd' by [William Jones] |
| Date | [1713] |
| Description | Jones discusses Felix Bernard's invention of a machine consisting of two springs with intermediate wheels which produce perpetual motion, one spring constantly winding the other. Jones had not seen a model of the machine and so debates whether or not the motion of the machine could really be perpetual. He also discusses Bernard's claim that a friend of his had found the quadrature of the circle, which Jones believes to be unlikely.
Subject: Engineering / Mathematics
Read to the Royal Society on 7 May 1713 |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/9/108 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7728 | Jones; William (1675 - 1749); mathematician | 1675 - 1749 |