RefNo | CLP/3ii/10 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Observations concerning the motion of chronometers' by W [William] Derham |
Date | 4 August 1714 |
Description | Derham writes about recent proposals for finding longitude using chronometers, providing his own observations of variations in pendulum clocks caused by weather and other influences.
Subject: Mechanics
Written by Derham in Upminster [London]. Read to the Royal Society on 28 October or 4 November 1714. |
Extent | 8p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | LBO/16/92 |
LBO/15/117 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6239 | Derham; William (1657 - 1735); naturalist | 1657 - 1735 |