Record

RefNoPT/29/9/2
LevelItem
TitlePlate, appearance of rings of elliptic light by unknown artist
Date[1845]
DescriptionPlate containing figure 3 showing the appearance of the rings of elliptic light when Powell's analyser is at 45° between dark and light systems. Earlier drafts of this figure by Powell are found at PT/29/9/3 and PT/29/9/4.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the elliptic polarization of light by reflexion from metallic surfaces'.

Received by the Royal Society on 24 April 1845. Read 19 June 1845.
Extent1p
FormatWatercolour
PhysicalDescriptionGrey watercolour on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0050
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1845.0010
RelatedRecordPT/29/9/3
PT/29/9
PT/29/9/4
PT/29/9
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5476Powell; Baden (1796 - 1860)1796 - 1860
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