| RefNo | PT/23/9 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'Description of an astronomical clock invented by the late Capt Henry Kater FRS, drawn up from his own memorandums' by Edward Kater |
| Date | [1840] |
| Description | 28 manuscript pages including one figure showing the shape of a piece of card used in creating the clock's escapement. Further illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/74/7/3-4.
Subject: Astronomy / Scientific Instruments
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Description of an escapement for an astronomical clock, invented by the late Captain Henry Kater, F.R.S. &c., drawn up from his own memorandums by his son Edward Kater, Esq. Communicated by Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart., K. H. V. P. R. S. &c'.
Received from Kater on 22 March 1840. Communicated 25 March 1840. Received from Sir J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel on 26 March 1840. Read 30 April 1840.
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 4, 1843. |
| Extent | 28p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0112 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1840.0018 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/1/131 |
| PT/23/9/1 |
| PT/23/9/2 |
| PT/74/7/3 |
| PT/74/7/4 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3336 | Kater; Edward (1816 - 1866) | 1816 - 1866 |
| NA1206 | Kater; Henry (1777 - 1835) | 1777 - 1835 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |