| RefNo | PT/74/1/41 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagram, apparatus for determining direction and velocity of electric spark by unknown artist |
| Date | [1834] |
| Description | Plate 29, figure 1 showing an apparatus used by Wheatstone to attempt to determine the direction and velocity of an electric spark. Inscribed with publication and plate details. A faint upside-down pencil inscription bottom left reads 'Wheatstone'. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'An account of some experiments to measure the velocity of electricity and the duration of electric light' by Charles Wheatstone.
Received and read to the Royal Society on 19 June 1834. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 227x200mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1834.0031 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0178 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7559 | Wheatstone; Sir; Charles (1802 - 1875); physicist | 1802 - 1875 |