Unpublished paper, 'Stellar photometry' by W J Dibdin

Description

Dibdin writes: 'Hitherto the determinations of stellar luminosity have been made solely with regard to the relative intensity of the stars apart from any reference to a known terrestrial unit. The various methods which have been employed do not denote actual intensity, and the present inquiry was, therefore, undertaken with the view of elucidating this question, especially with regard to those stars whose colour has presented a difficulty.'

Includes two photographs of equipment used by Dibdin, and a series of tables and charts of his results and observations.

Subject: Astronomy / Optics

Received 23 February 1892. Read 28 April 1892. Communicated by [Augustus George] Vernon Harcourt.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 51 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Stellar photometry'.

Reference number

AP/68/7

Earliest possible date

1892

Physical description

Ink on paper

Page extent

42 pages

Format

Manuscript
Photograph