| RefNo | PT/53/10/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, 'Sections through Arthur's Seat' by unknown artist |
| Date | [1856] |
| Description | Drawings of three sections through Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, Scotland demonstrating specific gravity. Different colours indicate the locations of sandstone and trap rock in the formation.
Subject: Geodesy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the deflection of the plumb-line at Arthur's Seat, and the mean specific gravity of the earth'.
Received by the Royal Society on 11 February 1856. Read 21 February 1856. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and watercolour on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0014 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1856.0029 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/3/151 |
| RR/3/152 |
| PT/53/10 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2879 | James; Sir; Henry (1803 - 1877); surveyor | 1803 - 1877 |