RefNo | PT/14/27 |
Level | File |
Title | Letter and plates, relating to 'On the compressibility of water' from Jacob Perkins to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks |
Creator | Perkins; Jacob (1766-1849); American inventor; engineer; physicist |
Date | 7 June 1820 |
Description | Letter accompanying Perkins' paper 'On the compressibility of water', found at PT/16/26. Letter includes illustrations published with paper, showing a piezometer and cannon.
The letter was not published. The illustrations were published in Philosophical Transactions as part of the paper titled 'On the compressibility of water'.
Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks. Read 29 June 1820. |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0136 |
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1820.0022 |
RelatedRecord | PT/14/26 |
PT/14/27/1 |
PT/14/27/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |