| Reference number | PT/64/i |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, figure by W H [William Henry] Wesley from 'On the absorption and radiation of heat by gaseous matter' by John Tyndall |
| Date | [1862] |
| Description | Plate by William Henry Wesley from Tyndall's paper showing the apparatus employed by Tyndall to examine the absorption and radiation of heat by gases. The manuscript for this paper is missing.
Subject: Physics / Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the absorption and radiation of heat by gaseous matter.—Second memoir'.
Received by the Royal Society on 9 January 1862. Read 30 January 1862.
Abstract of paper 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 11, 1862. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Physical description | Graphite drawing on card |
| Arrangement | This plate is found between PT/64/3 and PT/64/4. |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1860.0122 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1862.0008 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8293 | Tyndall; John (1820 - 1893); natural philosopher | 1820 - 1893 |