RefNo | CLP/6/40 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Archimedes's problem of King Hiero's crown' by Lord Viscount Mountjoy |
Date | 9 November 1685 |
Description | Lord Viscount Mountjoy [William Stewart?] presents his method for finding the volume of an irregularly shaped object. Mountjoy was the President of the Dublin Society at the time of writing.
Subject: Mathematics
Read to the Royal Society on 9 December 1685 |
Language | English |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |