TY - JOUR T1 - On the Expediency of Assigning Specific Names to All Such Functions of Simple Elements as Represent Definite Physical Properties; with the Suggestion of a New Term in Mechanics; Illustrated by an Investigation of the Machine Moved by Recoil, and Also by Some Observations on the Steam Engine JF - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1776-1886) VL - 117 SP - 25 EP - 38 PY - 1827/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1827.0006 M3 - doi:10.1098/rstl.1827.0006 AU - Gilbert, D. ER -