| Reference number | L&P/2/319 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'Of the invention of the compensating pendulum' from James Short to R Davell |
| Date | 1752 |
| Description | Subject: Engineering
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter of Mr. James Short, F. R, S. to the Royal Society, concerning the inventor of the contrivance in the pendulum of a clock, to prevent the irregularities of its motion by heat and cold'
Read 9 June 1752 |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1751.0089 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7447 | Short; James (1710 - 1768) | 1710 - 1768 |