Theory of tides
Date
16 May 1666
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p264
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 365mm
width (page): 233mm
width (page): 233mm
Subject
Description
A diagram in John Wallis's theory of tides. This paper was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 16 May 1666, and ordered to be registered. It was published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 1, no. 16 (August 1666).
This is a copy from the registered paper at RBO/3/134. The image in the original paper is at EL/W1/18/015.
This is a copy from the registered paper at RBO/3/134. The image in the original paper is at EL/W1/18/015.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 16 May 1666, ‘Dr. Wallis’s discourse concerning the ebbing and flowing of the sea was read, and generally approved of, and thought fit not only to be register’d but also upon the private perusal and examination of the president to be printed’ (Birch 2:89).
John Wallis (communicated by Robert Boyle), 'An essay, exhibiting his hypothesis about the flux and reflux of the sea...', Phil. Trans. vol. 1, no. 16 (August 1666); and idem., 'appendix, being an answer to some objections', pp. 281-89.
John Wallis (communicated by Robert Boyle), 'An essay, exhibiting his hypothesis about the flux and reflux of the sea...', Phil. Trans. vol. 1, no. 16 (August 1666); and idem., 'appendix, being an answer to some objections', pp. 281-89.
Related fellows
John Wallis (1650, British) , Mathematician
Associated place