Loughborough University Institutional Repository The 1887 committee meets again. Subject: freedom and constraint This item was submitted to Loughborough University's Institutional Repository by the/an author. Citation: DAVIES, T.H, 2000. The 1887 committee meets again. Sub ject: freedom and constraint. IN: Proceedings of a Symposium commemorating the legacy, works and life of Sir Robert Stawell Ball upon the 100th Anniversary of `A Treatise on the theory of Screws', July 9-12, 2000, University of Cambridge, Trinity College. Additional Information: • This the a paper legacy, is works 100th Anniversary University of presented and of life `A Cambridge, at of the Sir Treatise Trinity Symposium Robert of Stawell Screws', College. commemorating Ball July Also Please cite the published version. the 2000, available http://helix.gatech.edu/ball2000/CD/Papers/ball2000-04.pdf. 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