Record

RefNoPT/13/21/2
LevelItem
TitlePlate, enlarged pores on a prism of tabasheer by [David Brewster]
Date2 March 1819
DescriptionPlate containing a diagram of enlarged pores on a prism of tabasheer, likely drawn by Brewster.

Subject: Mineralogy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the optical and physical properties of tabasheer. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Lond. and Edin. In a letter to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. G. C. B. P. R. S. &c. &c. &c'.

Written by Brewster in Edinburgh. Read 6 May 1819.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0112
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1819.0021
RelatedRecordPT/13/21
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7450Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher1781 - 1868
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
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