| Reference number | PT/62/8/37 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, figures 1-9 showing nebulae and stars by Mitchell, B [Bindon Blood] Stoney, and S Hunter |
| Date | [1861] |
| Description | Early version of figures 1-9 from plate XXV showing nine nebulae discussed in Parsons' paper. The nebulae are drawn in graphite. Figures 1, 3-4, and 8-9 were drawn by Mitchell, figures 2 and 5-6 by Stoney, and figure 7 by Hunter. The nebulae correspond, respectively, to numbers 15, 156, 232, 241-242, 262, 311, 315, and 327 in William Herschel's catalogue of nebulae. Later versions of these figures are found at PT/62/8/43.
Subject: Scientific Instruments / Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the construction of specula of six-feet aperture; and a selection from the observations of nebulæ made with them'.
Received by the Royal Society on 5 June 1861. Read 20 June 1861. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Physical description | Graphite drawings on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1860.0078 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1861.0029 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/4/219 |
| RR/4/220 |
| PT/62/8/43 |
| PT/62/8/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8084 | Parsons; William (1800 - 1867); 3rd Earl of Rosse | 1800 - 1867 |
| NA6641 | Stoney; Bindon Blood (1828 - 1909) | 1828 - 1909 |