'Directions for using the Photometers' by [John Frederick William Herschel]
Reference number: MS/257/2/301
Date: 1792-1871
Description
Herschel describes how to handle and use the ‘sensitive paper’, the photometer, and details on how to observe.
- Reference number
- MS/257/2/301
- Earliest possible date
- 1792-1871
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, 'Directions for using the Photometers' by [John Frederick William Herschel], 1792-1871, MS/257/2/301, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_301/directions-for-using-the-photometers-by-john-frederick-william-herschel, accessed on 22 January 2025
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Manuscripts General
Dates: 1551 - 1951
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