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RefNoEC/1873/04
Previous numbersCert X, 174
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TitleBall, Sir Robert Stawell: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationRobert Stawell Ball. LLD. MRIA. Senior Moderator in Mathematical and Physical Science, Univ Dub. Senior Moderator in Experimental and Natural Science, Univ Dub. Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanism, Royal College of Science, Ireland. Author of "a Treatise on Experimental Mechanics, a Course of Lectures delivered in the College," and of the following among other Papers: - "Notes on Biquadratic equations" (Journal of Mathematics,1866) - "on the Small oscillations of a particle on a Surface" (Journal of Mathematics - 1870) - "on an optical Phenomenon" (Philosophical Magazine, 1868 - translated in Pogg Ann 1868) - "Experiments on Vortex Rings" (Philosophical Magazine, 1870) - "on ther Small oscillations of a rigid body about a fixed point under the action of any forces" (Transactions RIA 1870) - "account of Experiments on the resistance of the air to the motion of Vortex Rings" (Transactions RIA 1872) - "The Theory of Screws, a geometrical study of the Kinematics, equilibrium, and Small oscillations of a rigid Body" (Transactions RIA 1872) - "on a new approximation to the orbit of the binary star & ursae majoris" (Monthly notices Royal Astronomical Society, Nov 1872) - Distinguished as a Mathematician, Experimentalist, and Physicist
ProposersFrom General Knowledge. John Ball.
From Personal Knowledge. Rosse; H Lloyd; Robert Kane; Edward Hull; G Johnstone Stoney; Geo Salmon; H Hennessy; James Apjohn; T R Robinson; R Townsend; Saml Haughton; W H L Russell; William Huggins
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Ball, Sir Robert Stawell: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA7578Ball; Sir; Robert Stawell (1840 - 1913)1840 - 1913
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