Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1815
Reference number: PT/9
Date: October 1812 - June 1815
Description
Unbound manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 105 of 'Philosophical Transactions' in 1815.
Includes some original illustrations and figures in various media (drawings, watercolours) in support of the papers.
- Reference number
- PT/9
- Earliest possible date
- October 1812 - June 1815
- Physical description
- Loose manuscript papers written in ink
- Page extent
- Two boxes containing 25 papers and one list
- Format
- Manuscript
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1815, October 1812 - June 1815, PT/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_9/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1815, accessed on 13 December 2024
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This volume contains 26 manuscripts:
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Paper, 'Additional observations on the optical properties, and structure of heated glass and unannealed glass drops' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks
08 April 1814 Creator: David Brewster Reference number: PT/9/1 -
Paper, 'Description of a new instrument for performing mechanically the involution and evolution of numbers' by Peter M [Mark] Roget
1814 Creator: Peter Mark Roget Reference number: PT/9/2 -
Paper, 'Experiments on the depolarisation of light as exhibited by various mineral, animal and vegetable bodies, and a reference of the phenomena to the general principles of polarisation' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks
22 October 1814 Creator: David Brewster Reference number: PT/9/3 -
Paper, 'On an ebbing and flowing stream discovered by boring in the harbour of Bridlington' by John Storer
05 November 1814 Creator: John Storer Reference number: PT/9/4
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