I. On the motion of fluid, part of which is moving rotationally and part irrotationally
Clebsch has show that the components of the velocity of a fluid u, v, w , parallel to rectangular axes x, y, z , may always be expressed thus— u = dX / dx + λ dψ / dx . v = dX / dy + λ dψ / dy , w = dX / dz +λ dψ / dz ; Where λ, ψ are systems of surfaces whose intersections determine the vortex lines; and the pressure satisfies an equation which is equivalent to the following— p /ρ + V = - dX / dt -1/2{( dX / dx ) 2 + ( dX / dy ) 2 + ( dX / dz ) 2 } + 1/2 λ 2 {( dψ / dx ) 2 + ( dψ / dy ) 2 + ( dψ / dz ) 2 } where p is the pressure, ρ the density, and V the potential of the forces acting on the liquid. It is shown in this paper that an equation in λ only can be obtained in the following cases (that is to say, as in cases of irrotational motion, the determination of the motion depends on the solution of a single equation only):— (1.) Plane motion, referred to rectangular co-ordinates x , y .