RefNo | CLP/3ii/36 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'An account of some observations made in London by Mr George Graham and at Black River in Jamaica by Colin Campbell concerning the going of a clock in order to determine the difference between the lengths of isochronal pendulums in those places' |
Date | 1733 |
Description | Observes the differences in the swing of the pendulum of the same length at different latitudes, 60 years after the discovery of the phenomena by Mr. Richer.
Subject: Mechanics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of some observations made in London, by Mr. George Graham, F. R. S. and at Black-River in Jamaica, by Colin Campbell, Esq; F. R. S. concerning the going of a Clock; in order to determine the difference between the lengths of isochronal pendulums in those places. Communicated by J. Bradley, M. A. Astr. Prof. Savill. Oxon. F. R. S.'
Communicated by J [James] Bradley to the Royal Society on 6 December 1733 |
Language | English |
Extent | 15p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1733.0048 |
RelatedRecord | RBO/18/54 |
CLP/3ii/38 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8376 | Bradley; James (1693 - 1762) | 1693 - 1762 |
NA8405 | Graham; George (1673 - 1751) | 1673 - 1751 |
NA5312 | Campbell; Colin (- 1752) | - 1752 |