Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1816
Reference number: PT/10
Date: November 1815 - December 1816
Description
Volume of the manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 106 of 'Philosophical Transactions' in 1816. Also includes a manuscript for a paper by Charles Dupin on English shipbuilding, published in the 1817 volume of Philosophical Transactions.
The volume includes some original illustrations and figures drawn in ink in support of the papers.
- Reference number
- PT/10
- Earliest possible date
- November 1815 - December 1816
- Physical description
- Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on spine
- Page extent
- One volume containing 26 papers
- Format
- Manuscript
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1816, November 1815 - December 1816, PT/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_10/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1816, accessed on 09 July 2025
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 106
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This volume contains 26 manuscripts:
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Paper, 'On the fire damp of coal mines and on a lantern for preventing its explosion' by Sir H [Humphry] Davy
1815 Creator: Humphry Davy Reference number: PT/10/1 -
Paper, 'An account of an invention for giving light in explosive mixtures of fire damp in coal mines by consuming the fire damp' by Sir H [Humphry] Davy
1815 Creator: Humphry Davy Reference number: PT/10/2 -
Paper, 'On the developement [sic] of exponential functions; together with several new theorems relating to finite differences' by John Frederick W [William] Herschel
17 November 1815 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: PT/10/3 -
Paper, 'On the properties of heat as exhibited in its propogation along plates of glass' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks
1815 Creator: David Brewster Reference number: PT/10/4
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The 'Philosophical Transactions' collection comprises manuscript versions of papers published in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world’s first and longest continuously running journal dedicated to science.
Dates: 1802 - 1865
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