| Reference number | PT/73/5/10 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawings, optical effects in crystalline materials under pressure by [David Brewster] |
| Date | [1816] |
| Description | Plate 9, figures 1-14 showing optical effects observed by Brewster in crystalline materials under pressure. The drawings are inscribed above with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the communication of the structure of doubly refracting crystals to glass, muriate of soda, fluor spar, and other substances, by mechanical compression and dilatation' by David Brewster.
Read to the Royal Society on 29 February 1816. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Physical description | Ink, ink wash and watercolour on paper |
| Dimensions | 254x203mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0033 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1816.0011 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/10/10 |
| URL description | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8623 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7450 | Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1781 - 1868 |