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RefNoPP/10/11/2
Previous numbersPP/42/11
LevelItem
TitleDiagram, coreless vortex by W [William] Thomson
Date1887
DescriptionA simple diagram in pencil showing the motion of water in a coreless vortex. A caption to the engraver reads 'The blue represents water. It is to be shown by very faint shading.'

Subject: Physics / Fluid dynamics

A print of this diagram was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the formation of coreless vortices by the motion of a solid through an inviscid incompressible fluid'.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionGraphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0018
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist1824 - 1907
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