| RefNo | PT/3/4 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of a method of dividing astronomical and other instruments, by ocular inspection, in which the usual tools for graduating are not employed, the whole operation being so contrived that, no error can occur but what is chargeable to vision when assisted by the best optical means of viewing and measuring minute quantities' by Edw [Edward] Troughton |
| Date | [1809] |
| Description | 59 manuscript pages and two plates showing instruments used in conjunction with a telescope.
Subject: Scientific instruments
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of a method of dividing astronomical and other instruments, by ocular inspection; in which the usual tools for graduating are not employed; the whole operation being being so contrived, that no error can occur but what is chargeable to vision, when assisted by the best optical means of viewing and measuring minute quantities'.
Communicated by the Astronomer Royal [Nevil Maskelyne]. Read 2 February 1809.
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 | 61p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0176 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1809.0006 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/3/4/1 |
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| PT/3/4/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7854 | Troughton; Edward (1753 - 1835) | 1753 - 1835 |
| NA5553 | Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811) | 1732 - 1811 |