Record

RefNoPP/11/11/3
Previous numbersPP/43/12
LevelItem
TitlePhotographs, experimental equipment by William De Wiveleslie Abney and Edward Robert Festing
Date1887
DescriptionThree photographs of experimental apparatus used by Abney and Festing in their investigations into the photometry of the glow lamp.

Subject: Optics / Scientific apparatus and instruments

Prints of these photographs were published in volume 43 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On photometry of the glow lamp'.
Extent22p
FormatPhotograph
PhysicalDescriptionPhotographic print on cardboard backing
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0128
RelatedRecordPP/5/17
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6775Festing; Edward Robert (1839 - 1912)1839 - 1912
NA6454Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920)1843 - 1920
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