Record

RefNoL&P/10/72
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'Account of a method of measuring the comparative intensities of the light emitted by luminous bodies' by Benjamin Thompson
Date1 March 1793
DescriptionContains plate.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a method of measuring the comparative intensities of the light emitted by luminous bodies. By Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count of Rumford, F. R. S. In two letters to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

Read 6 February 1794
Extent48p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper and plate
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1794.0012
RelatedRecordL&P/10/72/1
L&P/10/72/2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8287Thompson; Benjamin (1753 - 1814); Count Rumford; physicist1753 - 1814
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