Ivory's Papers to the Royal Society

All these papers can be found in the

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

 

  1. On the Attractions of Homogenous Ellipsoids. (Phil. Trans. 1809, p.345)

  2. On the Grounds of the Method which Laplace has given in the second chapter of the third book of his Mécanique Céleste for computing the Attractions of spheroids of every decription. (ibid. 1812, p.1)

  3. On the Attractions of an extensive class of Spheroids. (ibid. 1812, p.46)

  4. A New Method of deducing a first Approximation to the Orbit of a Comet from three Geocentric Observations. (ibid. 1814, p.121)

  5. On the Expansion in a series of the Attraction of a Spheroid. (ibid. 1822, p.99)

  6. On the Astronomical Refractions. (ibid. 1823, p.409)

  7. On the figure requisite to maintain the Equilibrium of a Homogenous Fluid Mass that revolves upon an axis.(ibid. 1824, p.85)

  8. On the Equilibrium of Fluids, and the Figure of a Homogenous Planet in Fluid State. ibid. 1831, p.109)

  9. On the Theory of the Elliptic Transcendents.(ibid. 1831, p.349)

  10. On the Theory of the Perturbations of the Planets.(ibid. 1832, p.195)

  11. On the Development of the Disturbing Function, upon which depend the inequalities of the Motions of the Planets, caused by their Mutual Attraction.(ibid. 1833, p.559)

  12. On the Equilibrium of a Mass of Homogenous Fluid at liberty.(ibid. 1834, p.491)

  13. Of such Ellipsoids consisting of homogenous matter as are capable of having the resultant of the attraction of the mass upon a particle in the surface, and a centrifugal force caused by revolving about one of the axes, made perpendicular to the surface.(ibid. 1838, p.57)

  14. On the Theory of Astronomical Refractions.(ibid. 1838, p.169)

  15. On the Condition of Equilibrium of an Incompressible Fluid, the particles of which are acted upon by Accelerating Forces.(ibid. 1839, p.243)


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