Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1861
Reference number: PT/62
Date: April 1860 - April 1862
Description
The first of two volumes containing the manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 151 of Philosophical Transactions in 1861. This volume comprises papers XX-XXIX.
The volume also includes some original illustrations and figures in various media (drawings, watercolours) in support of the papers.
Missing from this volume is the manuscript for the following paper:
'On the great magnetic disturbance which extended from August 28 to September 7, 1859, as recorded by photography at the Kew Observatory' by Balfour Stewart.
- Reference number
- PT/62
- Earliest possible date
- April 1860 - April 1862
- Physical description
- Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on spine
- Page extent
- One volume containing nine papers and two letters and one box containing 13 photographs
- Format
- Manuscript
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1861, April 1860 - April 1862, PT/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_62/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1861, accessed on 05 October 2024
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 11 manuscripts:
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Paper, 'On the structure and growth of the tooth of echinus' by S [Samuel] James A [Augustus] Salter
1861 Creator: Samuel James Augustus Salter Reference number: PT/62/1 -
Paper, 'On Fermat's theorem of the polygonal numbers' by Sir [Jonathan] Frederick Pollock
25 April 1861 Creator: Jonathan Frederick Pollock Reference number: PT/62/2 -
Paper, 'On the sources of nitrogen of vegetation; with special reference to the question whether plants can assimilate free or uncombined nitrogen' by John Bennet Lawes, Joseph Henry Gilbert, and Evan Pugh
1860 Creator: John Bennet Lawes , Joseph Henry Gilbert Reference number: PT/62/3 -
Paper, 'On the Indian arc of meridian' by [John Henry Pratt]
19 July 1860 Creator: John Henry Pratt Reference number: PT/62/4
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