| RefNo | AP/14/15/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished diagrams, photometer by Richard Potter |
| Date | [1830] |
| Description | Figures 1-4 showing components of Potter's photometer as well as the overall appearance of the apparatus.
Subject: Optics / Scientific Instruments
Communicated by the President [Davies Gilbert]. Read to the Royal Society on 25 March 1830.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper, it was published in full in the Edinburgh Journal of Science: Potter, Richard. 'An Account of Experiments to Determine the Quantity of Light Reflected by Plane Metallic Specula Under Different Angles of Incidence: With a Description of the Photometer Made Use of.' Edinburgh Journal of Science, vol 3, 1830, pp 278-288. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Potter, Richard. 'An Account of Experiments to Determine the Quantity of Light Reflected by Plane Metallic Specula Under Different Angles of Incidence: With a Description of the Photometer Made Use of.' Edinburgh Journal of Science, vol 3, 1830, pp 278-288. |
| RelatedRecord | AP/14/15 |
| URLDescription | Published version available online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library |
| URL | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81968#page/298/mode/1up |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8707 | Gilbert; Davies (1767-1839) | 1767-1839 |