RefNo | L&P/6/232a |
Level | File |
Title | Paper, 'Of the specula of reflecting telescopes' by John Mudge |
Date | 1777 |
Description | Contains plate.
Subject: Physics/Engineering
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Directions for making the best composition for the metals of reflecting telescopes; together with a description of the process for grinding, polishing, and giving the great speculum the true parabolic curve.'
Read 27 February 1777 |
Extent | 64p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper and plate |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1777.0017 |
RelatedRecord | L&P/6/232a/1 |
L&P/6/232a/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8079 | Mudge; John (1721 - 1793) | 1721 - 1793 |