| RefNo | AP/9/4 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the pressures which sustain a heavy body in equilibrium when the points of support are more than three' by Charles Bonnycastle |
| Date | 26 October 1818 |
| Description | Bonnycastle discusses the problem of pressures that elevate a heavy body with more than three points of support, describing the importance of this knowledge in estimating the strength of bridges and building materials. Includes one page of figures.
Subject: Physics / Engineering
Written by Bonnycastle in Woolwich Common [London]. Communicated by Sir Jos [Joseph] Banks. Read to the Royal Society on 11 March 1819.
Whilst this paper was not abstracted in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, a mention of its reading at a meeting of the Society was published in the Annals of Philosophy: 'Article III. Proceedings of Philosophical Societies'. Annals of Philosophy, vol 13, no 76, 1819, p. 307. |
| Extent | 25p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | 'Article III. Proceedings of Philosophical Societies'. Annals of Philosophy, vol 13, no 76, 1819, p. 307. |
| RelatedRecord | AP/9/4/1 |
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| URLDescription | Abstract available online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library |
| URL | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53909#page/411/mode/1up |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |