| RefNo | PT/73/4/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawing, parabolas by [John Frederick William Herschel] |
| Date | [1812?] |
| Description | Plate 1, figures 1-2 showing parabolas. Publication and plate details upper right. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked '1809'.
Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On a remarkable application of Cotes's theorem' by John Frederick William Herschel.
Read to the Royal Society on 12 November 1812. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Dimensions | 270x214mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0258 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1813.0005 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/7/2 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8593 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |