Reference number | CLP/3ii/39 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Description and manner of using an instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of metalls by heat' by John Ellicot |
Date | 1736 |
Description | Ellicot, a watchmaker, describes his pyrometer. This is an early draft of the paper. A later draft with emendations is found at CLP/3ii/40.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The description and manner of using an instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of metals by heat'
Read to the Royal Society on 8 April 1736 |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0064 |
Related records in the catalogue | RBO/19/59 |
CLP/3ii/40 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8214 | Ellicott; John (c 1706 - 1772) | c 1706 - 1772 |