Record

RefNoCMB/69/1
Previous numbersCMB 496
LevelSubFonds
TitleOptical Glass Committee
Date5 May 1825 to 5 March 1829
DescriptionCommittee appointed 5 May 1825 by the Committee of the Royal Society for conducting a series of Experiments on the manufacture of Glass for optical purposes ' appointing Mr Dollond, Mr Faraday and Mr Herschel to act as a Subcommittee for the more immediate Superintendnece of the Experiments. '

Besides minutes, these books include transcriptions from the journal of experiments and copies of the reports made to the main committee

At the front; pasted in report by Mr J F W Herschel concerning the furnace. [No date]

Meetings held:
1. 26 May 1825
2. 30 May 1825
3. 3 June 1825
4. 13 June 1825
5. 18 June 1825
6. Experiments 1 November 1825
7. 6 September 1827
8. 16 November 1827
9. 7 December 1827
10. 11 January 1828
11. 14 January 1828
12. 5 March 1828
Extent1 volume
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialFor experiments see MS 365, Faraday's Glass Furnace Notebook. Also, DM/3/17-70.
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