Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1841
Reference number: PT/25
Date: December 1840 - June 1841
Description
Volume of the manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 131 of 'Philosophical Transactions'. A note at the beginning of the volume indicates that papers I-IV, VIII-X, and XXI are missing.
The volume includes some original illustrations and figures drawn in ink in support of the papers.
Missing from this volume are manuscripts for the following papers:
'Supplement to a paper “On the theoretical explanation of an apparent new polarity in light."' by George Biddell Airy;
'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism.―No. II' by Edward Sabine;
'On ground gru, or ice formed, under peculiar circumstances, at the bottom of running water' by James Farquharson;
'On a remarkable property of the diamond' by David Brewster;
'Note on an inequality in the height of the barometer, of which the argument is the declination of the moon' by John William Lubbock;
'On the calculation of attractions, and the figure of the earth' Charles James Hargreave;
'The Bakerian Lecture.—On the organs of reproduction, and the development of the myriapoda.—First series' by George Newport; and
'Researches in the theory of machines' by Henry Moseley.
- Reference number
- PT/25
- Earliest possible date
- December 1840 - June 1841
- Physical description
- Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on spine
- Page extent
- One volume containing 14 papers
- Format
- Manuscript
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1841, December 1840 - June 1841, PT/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_25/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1841, accessed on 03 December 2024
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This volume contains 14 manuscripts:
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Paper, 'On the phenomena of thin plates of solid and fluid substances exposed to polarised light' by Sir David Brewster
08 April 1841 Creator: David Brewster Reference number: PT/25/1 -
Paper, 'Memoir of the case of a gentleman, born blind and successfully operated upon in the 18th year of his age, with physiological observations and experiments' by J C August Franz
1840 Creator: Carl Joseph August Franz Reference number: PT/25/2 -
Paper, 'Additional note on the contraction of voluntary muscle in the living body' by Wm [William] Bowman
06 April 1841 Creator: William Bowman Reference number: PT/25/3 -
Paper, 'Memoir on a portion of the lower jaw of the iguanodon and other saurian remains discovered in the strata of Tilgate Forest in Sussex' by Gideon Algernon Mantell
01 January 1841 Creator: Gideon Algernon Mantell Reference number: PT/25/4
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