Observations, relating to 'On the amount of the radiation of heat, at night, from the earth, and from various bodies placed on or near the surface of the earth' by James Glaisher
Reference number: PT/33/1
Date: 1841-1844
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Series of observations, mostly in fold-out tables, on which Glaisher's paper is based. The observations were taken between 1841 and 1844 at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The manuscript for Glaisher's paper is found at PT/32/9.
Subject: Physics
Paper published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the amount of the radiation of heat, at night, from the earth, and from various bodies placed on or near the surface of the earth'.
Communicated by G B [George Biddell] Airy.
Abstract of paper 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 5, 1851.
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- PT/33/1
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- 1841-1844
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 165 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Glaisher, Observations, relating to 'On the amount of the radiation of heat, at night, from the earth, and from various bodies placed on or near the surface of the earth' by James Glaisher, 1841-1844, PT/33/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_33_1/observations-relating-to-on-the-amount-of-the-radiation-of-heat-at-night-from-the-earth-and-from-various-bodies-placed-on-or-near-the-surface-of-the-earth-by-james-glaisher, accessed on 25 April 2025
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1847
1841-1844 Reference number: PT/33
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Dates: 1802 - 1865
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