2. On the Motion of Free Solids through a Liquid

Abstract

This paper commences with the following extract from the author's private journal, of date January 6, 1858:—“Let be rectangular components of an impulsive force and an impulsive couple applied to a solid of invariable shape, with or without inertia of its own, in a perfect liquid, and let u, ν, ω, ѽ, ρ, σ, be the components of linear and angular velocity generated.