| RefNo | CLP/18ii/33 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, Account of an experiment explaining a mechanical paradox by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers |
| Date | [1731] |
| Description | Mechanical paradox to explain that two bodies of equal weight suspended on a sort of balance do not lose their equilibrium, by being removed one farther from the other nearer to the centre
Figure attached
Read to the Royal Society on 25 February 1731 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 37, no 419, p 125 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/15/60 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8419 | Desaguliers; John Theophilus (1683 - 1744); natural philosopher | 1683 - 1744 |