The motion of bodies resulting from impact
Date
17 December 1668
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p163
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 315mm
width (page): 210mm
width (page): 210mm
Subject
Description
Images in 'De Motu Corporum ex Mutuo Impulsu Hypothesis Christiani Hugenii de Zulichem' (Christian Huygens's tract 'On the motion of bodies resulting from impact'), sent in Huygens's letter dated 4 January 1669, Paris, to the Royal Society's secretary, Henry Oldenburg. These were presented at the meeting of the Society on 7 January 1669. A summary account was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 4, no. 46 (1669), and in Journal des Sçavans (18 March 1669), 13-24.
These images are from a partial copy of the Register Book now among the Boyle papers. They are copied from a series of images at RBO/4/032-37. Other versions can be found at Cl.P/3i/45/002-08, RBC/3/113-18 and RB/1/125/138-43.
These images are from a partial copy of the Register Book now among the Boyle papers. They are copied from a series of images at RBO/4/032-37. Other versions can be found at Cl.P/3i/45/002-08, RBC/3/113-18 and RB/1/125/138-43.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 17 December 1668, ‘Dr. Wren produced his theory of the collision of bodies, together with some papers containing the various trials made long before to verify that theory. It was read, and ordered to be registered, the author affirming, that he had this hypothesis several years before, when the society began to be formed; and that Mr. Rooke and himself made divers experiments before the society to verify the same: which affirmation of his was seconded and confirmed by several of the members, who were eye-witnesses of those experiments, as the president, Sir Paul Neile, Mr. Balle, and Mr. Hill’ (Birch 2:335).
On 7 January 1669, ‘Sir Paul Neile moved, that Dr. Wren’s hypothesis of motion, brought in December 17, 1668, might be printed in the Philosophical Transactions of this month, which motion was approved, and Mr. Oldenburg desired to take care, that it be done accordingly’ (Birch 2:337).
A summary was printed as ‘A Summary Account of the Laws of Motion, Communicated by Mr. Christian Huygens in a Letter to the R. Society, and Since Printed in French in the Journal des Sçavans of March 18, 1669. st. n.’, Phil. Trans. vol. 4, no. 46 (1669), pp. 925-28, with only one figure at p. 928.
On 7 January 1669, ‘Sir Paul Neile moved, that Dr. Wren’s hypothesis of motion, brought in December 17, 1668, might be printed in the Philosophical Transactions of this month, which motion was approved, and Mr. Oldenburg desired to take care, that it be done accordingly’ (Birch 2:337).
A summary was printed as ‘A Summary Account of the Laws of Motion, Communicated by Mr. Christian Huygens in a Letter to the R. Society, and Since Printed in French in the Journal des Sçavans of March 18, 1669. st. n.’, Phil. Trans. vol. 4, no. 46 (1669), pp. 925-28, with only one figure at p. 928.
Related fellows
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
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