| Reference number | PT/8/12 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, draft of 'On the affections of light transmitted thro' various crystallised bodies' in a letter from David Brewster to Sir H [Humphry] Davy |
| Date | 10 September 1813 |
| Description | 36 manuscript pages and five plates of unpublished watercolour illustrations of light passing through crystals. This is a draft version of the paper and illustrations located at PT/8/11. A note at the top of this paper indicates that Brewster was advised to submit the paper without coloured illustrations, and all illustrations are marked 'Withdrawn'.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions 'On the affections of light transmitted through crystallized bodies'.
Read 9 December 1813.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 1, 1832. |
| Extent | 41p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0297 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1814.0012 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/8/11 |
| PT/8/12/1 |
| PT/8/12/2 |
| PT/8/12/3 |
| PT/8/12/4 |
| PT/8/12/5 |
| PT/8/12/6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7450 | Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1781 - 1868 |
| NA8200 | Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist | 1778 - 1829 |