| RefNo | AP/28/16 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the process of etching or engraving by means of voltaic electricity' by James H Pring |
| Creator | Pring; James H (fl 1846) |
| Date | 7 January 1846 |
| Description | Pring shares observations relating to the theory of the process of etching on hardened steel plates, or other polished metallic surfaces, by means of electricity, and states some further practical remarks in its application to engraving.
Enclosed with the paper is a Royal Society ballot paper for 1 December 1845.
Subject: Physics
Received 10 January 1846 / 15 January 1846. Communicated by P M [Peter Mark] Roget.
An abstract of the paper was published in volume 5 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the process of etching, or engraving, by means of voltaic electricity'. |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0074 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6616 | Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist | 1779 - 1869 |