| RefNo | AP/7/2 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'New method proposed for measuring a ship's rate of sailing' by J [James] Burney |
| Date | [1809] |
| Description | Burney discusses a method of calculating a ship's rate of sailing using the quantity of pull on a ship's tow line over a set period of time. Includes one page of illustrations.
Subject: Physics / Navigation
Read to the Royal Society on 16 February 1809. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | AP/7/2/1 |
| AP/7/2/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3739 | Burney; James (1750 - 1821) | 1750 - 1821 |