| Reference number | PT/73/5/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawings, optical effects observed during experiments on the heat treatment of glass by [David Brewster] |
| Date | [1815] |
| Description | Plate 4, figures 27-44 showing optical effects observed during Brewster's experiments on the heat treatment of glass. Individual drawings, four coloured, mounted on a backing sheet. 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 new properties of heat, as exhibited in its propagation along plates of glass' by David Brewster.
Read to the Royal Society on 11 January 1816. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Physical description | Ink, ink wash and watercolour on paper |
| Dimensions | 264x207mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0027 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1816.0005 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/10/4 |
| URL description | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8618 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7450 | Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1781 - 1868 |