| RefNo | PT/73/12/7 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagram, mortality rates by [Thomas Young?] |
| Date | [1826] |
| Description | Plate 11 showing a graph of mortality rates and decrement of life in various areas, including Carlisle [Cumbria, England], Northampton [East Midlands, England], and London. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Ink inscription verso reads 'The engraver will put a border round the plate, of the usual size - and trace very fine straight lines for the blue lines within the figure - extending throughout the height of the plate'. Not signed. Watermarked 'T Edmonds 1823'. Royal Society stamp verso. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'A formula for expressing the decrement of human life' by Thomas Young.
Read to the Royal Society on 19 April 1826. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Dimensions | 225x172mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1826.0024 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0292 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7947 | Young; Thomas (1773 - 1829); physician, physicist and Egyptologist | 1773 - 1829 |