| RefNo | PT/73/13/6 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagram, apparatus for determining composition of a substance by unknown artist |
| Date | [1827] |
| Description | Plate 14 showing an apparatus used by Prout to determine the composition of various substances by measuring the carbonic gas yielded by each substance. Inscribed with publication, plate details, and a scale. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Chemistry
Published in volume 117 of Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the ultimate composition of simple alimentary substances; with some preliminary remarks on the analysis of organized bodies in general' by William Prout.
Read to the Royal Society on 14 June 1827. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Dimensions | 280x219mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1827.0027 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0329 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1335 | Prout; William (1785 - 1850) | 1785 - 1850 |