| RefNo | PT/30/8/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, figures 4-5 showing globe amaranthus petal juice and plumbago auriculata petal juice exposed to the sun by M [Mary?] Somerville |
| Creator | Somerville [nee Fairfax; other married name Greig]; Mary (1780-1872); Scottish science writer and mathematics expositor |
| Date | 20 September 1845 |
| Description | Figures 4-5 showing the effect of the sun on drops of globe amaranthus petal juice and plumbago auriculata petal juice.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the action of the rays of the spectrum on vegetable juices. Extract of a letter from Mrs. M. Somerville to Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart., dated Rome, September 20, 1845. Communicated by Sir J. Herschel'.
Written by Somerville in Rome [Italy]. Communicated by Herschel. Received by the Royal Society on 6 November 1845. Read 27 November 1845. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Graphite drawings on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0064 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1846.0009 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/30/8 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |