On the recoiling of guns
Date
1661
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p151
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 366mm
width (page): 231mm
width (page): 231mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Diagrams relating to William Brouncker's investigation into whether a recoil of a gun began before a bullet was shot, and whether the recoil affected the trajectory of the shot.
Brouncker’s paper was read to the Royal Society on 29 January 1661, and printed in Thomas Sprat, The history of the Royal Society of London (London: T. R. for J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1667), pp. 233-35.
This image is copied from RBO/1/147. Another copy can be found at MS/776/137.
Brouncker’s paper was read to the Royal Society on 29 January 1661, and printed in Thomas Sprat, The history of the Royal Society of London (London: T. R. for J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1667), pp. 233-35.
This image is copied from RBO/1/147. Another copy can be found at MS/776/137.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 29 January 1661, ‘His lordship also delivered in his account of the recoiling of guns; which was ordered to be registered, and was afterwards printed by Dr. Sprat' (Birch 1:74).
The paper is printed in Thomas Sprat, The history of the Royal Society of London for the improving of natural knowledge (London: T. R. for J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1667), pp. 233-35, and the engraving in a plate before p. 233.
The paper is printed in Thomas Sprat, The history of the Royal Society of London for the improving of natural knowledge (London: T. R. for J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1667), pp. 233-35, and the engraving in a plate before p. 233.
Related fellows
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (1620 - 1684, British) , Mathematician
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