Record

Reference numberPT/10/4
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'On the properties of heat as exhibited in its propogation along plates of glass' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks
Date[1815]
DescriptionIllustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/5/3-6.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On new properties of heat, as exhibited in its propagation along plates of glass. By David Brewster, LL. D. F. R. S. Lond, and Edin. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. G. C. B. P. R. S'.

Read 11 January 1816.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.
Extent91p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0027
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1816.0005
Related records in the cataloguePT/73/5/3
PT/73/5/4
PT/73/5/5
PT/73/5/6
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7450Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher1781 - 1868
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
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