| Reference number | PT/58/2/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, boxwood used for testing the viscous flow of glaciers by unknown artist |
| Date | [1857] |
| Description | Figure 5 showing a piece of boxwood used by Tyndall and Huxley to test the viscous flow of glacial 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 diagram 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 |