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Reference numberPT/70/7/4
LevelItem
TitlePlate, graph of lissoneoïds by unknown artist
Date1863
DescriptionFigure 3 showing a graph of lissoneoïds [water-line curves generated by smooth gliding]. Includes note from Rankine to engraver.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On plane water-lines in two dimensions'.

Received by the Royal Society on 28 July 1863. Read 26 November 1863.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
Physical descriptionInk graph on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1863.0008
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1864.0010
Related records in the catalogueRR/5/214
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PT/70/7
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1846Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872)1820 - 1872
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