| Reference number | PT/58/2/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, seasoned boxwood used for testing effect of pressure on form of ice by unknown artist |
| Date | [1857] |
| Description | Figures 2-3 showing pieces of seasoned boxwood used by Tyndall and Huxley to test the effect of pressure on the form of ice.
Subject: Geology / Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the structure and motion of glaciers'.
Written by Tyndall and Huxley at the Royal Institution. Received and read by the Royal Society on 15 January 1857. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| Physical description | Ink diagrams on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0088 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1857.0016 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/3/267 |
| PT/58/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8293 | Tyndall; John (1820 - 1893); natural philosopher | 1820 - 1893 |
| NA8243 | Huxley; Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) | 1825 - 1895 |