| RefNo | AP/39/10 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the photography of the Moon' by William Crookes |
| Date | 1856 |
| Description | Crookes discusses lunar photography, describing the process of taking photos of the Moon in the autumn of 1855.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Photography / Astronomy
Received 16 December 1856. Read 12 February 1857. Communicated by [George Gabriel] Stokes.
This paper was published in full in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the photography of the Moon'. |
| Extent | 21p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0095 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8188 | Crookes; Sir; William (1832 - 1919); chemist and science journalist | 1832 - 1919 |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist | 1819 - 1903 |