Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Paper, 'On the action of the rays of the solar spectrum on vegetable colours' by Sir John F W [Frederick William] Herschel

Reference number: PT/26/11

Date: 13 June 1842

Description

Letter that accompanies postscript to paper found at PT/26/12. Postscript found at PT/26/13. Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/75/2/9.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the action of the rays of the solar spectrum on vegetable colours, and on some new photographic processes'.

Written by Herschel in Collingwood [Kent, England]. Received by the Royal Society on 15 June 1842. Read 16 June 1842.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 4, 1843.

Reference number
PT/26/11
Earliest possible date
13 June 1842
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
56 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Frederick William Herschel

View page for John Frederick William Herschel

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

John Frederick William Herschel, Paper, 'On the action of the rays of the solar spectrum on vegetable colours' by Sir John F W [Frederick William] Herschel, 13 June 1842, PT/26/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_26_11/paper-on-the-action-of-the-rays-of-the-solar-spectrum-on-vegetable-colours-by-sir-john-f-w-frederick-william-herschel, accessed on 09 October 2024

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_26_11/paper-on-the-action-of-the-rays-of-the-solar-spectrum-on-vegetable-colours-by-sir-john-f-w-frederick-william-herschel

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/pt_26_11/paper-on-the-action-of-the-rays-of-the-solar-spectrum-on-vegetable-colours-by-sir-john-f-w-frederick-william-herschel" title="Paper, 'On the action of the rays of the solar spectrum on vegetable colours' by Sir John F W [Frederick William] Herschel" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Related Records

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Philosophical Transactions

    Dates: 1802-1865

    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.

    View collection