| Reference number | PT/75/8/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagrams, apparatuses used in experiments on thermodynamic properties of solids by [James Prescott Joule?] |
| Date | [1858] |
| Description | Figures 1-7 showing details of a spring compression apparatus, a thermo-multiplier, and a stretching weight apparatus used in Joule's experiments on the thermodynamic properties of solids. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Figures drawn separately and pasted onto backing sheet. A series of struck-out watercolour drawings appearing to show zoological figures visible verso. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On some thermo-dynamic properties of solids' by James Prescott Joule.
Received by the Royal Society on 22 April 1858. Read 10 June 1858. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Diagram |
| Physical description | Ink on paper, mounted on paper |
| Dimensions | 300x242mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1857.0060 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1859.0005 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7041 | Joule; James Prescott (1818 - 1889); physicist | 1818 - 1889 |