Hypothesis on moving bodies
Date
21 January 1669
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 300mm
width (page): 200mm
width (page): 200mm
Subject
Description
Diagrams illustrating William Croone's paper on moving bodies, which was read to the Royal Society on 21 January 1669 and ordered to be registered.
Copies of these diagrams can be found in RBO/4/044-47, RBC/3/125-27 and RB/1/20/169-72.
Copies of these diagrams can be found in RBO/4/044-47, RBC/3/125-27 and RB/1/20/169-72.
Transcription
Hypotheses
1. Si Corpus aliquod aliud sibi equale et quiescens pescutiat poterit ipsum movere.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
1. Si Corpus aliquod aliud sibi equale et quiescens pescutiat poterit ipsum movere.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 21 January 1669, ‘Dr. Croune brought in his hypothesis of motion, which was read, and ordered to be registered, and to be compared by those members, who were formerly nominated for that purpose, with the other theories already given in’ (Birch 2:340).
Related fellows
William Croone (1633 - 1684, British) , Physician
Associated place