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RefNoPP/22/12
Previous numbersPP/54/13
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'On the displacement of a rigid body in space by rotations: Preliminary note' by John James Walker
Date18 May 1893
DescriptionWalker writes: 'Having been led to study more particularly than, as far as I am aware, has hitherto been done the conditions of the arbitrary displacement of a rigid body in space by means of rotations only, the results arrived at in the case of the single pairs of axes seem to me of sufficient interest and completeness to warrant their being recorded. A comparison of these results with those arrived at by Rodrigues in his classic memoir “Des lois géometriques qui régissent les dé placements d’un systéme solide dans l’espace . . . .” ‘Liouville,’ vol. 5, 1840, at once suggesting itself, it may be proper here to recall the substance of the latter, and show how far they fall short of the object I propose to myself.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physics

Received 19 May 1893. Read 15 June 1893.

A version of this paper was published in volume 54 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the displacement of a rigid body in space by rotations. Preliminary note'.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1893.0061
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6662Walker; John James (1825 - 1900)1825 - 1900
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