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Reference numberPT/8/11/3
LevelItem
TitlePlate, views of topaz through a plate of agate by unknown artist
Date[1813]
DescriptionPlate with 4 figures showing various views of topaz through a plate of agate.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the affections of light transmitted through crystallized bodies'.

Read 23 December 1813.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
Physical descriptionGraphite and white paint on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0297
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1814.0012
Related records in the cataloguePT/8/11
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7450Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher1781 - 1868
NA8200Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist1778 - 1829
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