| RefNo | PP/10/11/2 |
| Previous numbers | PP/42/11 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagram, coreless vortex by W [William] Thomson |
| Date | 1887 |
| Description | A simple diagram in pencil showing the motion of water in a coreless vortex. A caption to the engraver reads 'The blue represents water. It is to be shown by very faint shading.'
Subject: Physics / Fluid dynamics
A print of this diagram was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the formation of coreless vortices by the motion of a solid through an inviscid incompressible fluid'. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0018 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist | 1824 - 1907 |