Reference number | PT/70/7/6 |
Level | Item |
Title | Plate, graph of lissoneoïds and trochoids by unknown artist |
Date | 1863 |
Description | Figure 5 shows a graph of lissoneoïds [water-line curves produced from smooth gliding] and trochoids [roulette formed by circle rolling along a line]. Includes note from Rankine to engraver. Figure 6 shows a diagram of a looped elastic curve.
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. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Diagram |
Physical description | Ink diagrams on paper |
Access status | Open |
Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1863.0008 |
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1864.0010 |
Related records in the catalogue | RR/5/214 |
RR/5/215 |
RR/5/216 |
PT/70/7 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA1846 | Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872) | 1820 - 1872 |