| RefNo | PT/23/1/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, luminous and photographic spectra by John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | [1840] |
| Description | Plate showing graphite illustrations of luminous and photographic spectra observed by Herschel.
Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the chemical action of the rays of the solar spectrum on preparations of silver and other substances, both metallic and non-metallic, and on some photographic processes'.
Received and read by the Royal Society on 20 February 1840. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Graphite drawing on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0100 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1840.0002 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/23/1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |