| RefNo | PT/9/3/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, 'Luminous sectors exhibited by oil of mace' by unknown artist |
| Date | 22 October 1814 |
| Description | Plate with four figures showing luminous sectors in mace oil.
Subject: Optics / Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Experiments on the depolarisation of light as exhibited by various mineral, animal, and vegetable bodies, with a reference of the phenomena to the general principles of polarisation. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Edin and F. S. A. Edin. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S'.
Written by Brewster in Edinburgh. Read 15 December 1814. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0003 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1815.0004 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/9/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7450 | Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1781 - 1868 |
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |