Paper, 'On the heat of the Moon and stars' by Charles Vernon Boys
Reference number: PP/15/33
Date: 1890
Description
Boys writes: 'Soon after I had completed the radio-micrometer and shown its great superiority over any form of thermopile and galvanometer, I was naturally anxious to carry out some research which would clearly demonstrate the capabilities of the instrument.'
Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes a photograph and diagram of apparatus and two pages of diagrams of observations.
Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments / Astronomy
Received 14 April 1890. Read 24 April 1890.
A version of this paper was published in volume 47 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the heat of the Moon and stars'.
- Reference number
- PP/15/33
- Earliest possible date
- 1890
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 34 pages
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- Manuscript
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Charles Vernon Boys, Paper, 'On the heat of the Moon and stars' by Charles Vernon Boys, 1890, PP/15/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_15_33/paper-on-the-heat-of-the-moon-and-stars-by-charles-vernon-boys, accessed on 22 April 2025
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Date: 31st December 1890
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1889.0109
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Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 47, 1889-1890
1889-1890 Reference number: PP/15
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