| Reference number | PT/73/5/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paintings, cod eye lens under polarised light by [David Brewster] |
| Date | [1816] |
| Description | Plate 12, figures 1-6 comparing the structures displayed by a fish eye lens with those of a sphere of crown glass (figure 5). The paintings are inscribed above with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked 'Ruse & Turners 1813'.
Subject: Physics / Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the structure of the crystalline lens in fishes and quadrupeds, as ascertained by its action on polarised light' by David Brewster.
Read to the Royal Society on 20 June 1816. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Dimensions | 256x204mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0043 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1816.0022 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/10/21 |
| URL description | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8626 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7450 | Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1781 - 1868 |