| RefNo | PT/73/11/8 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagrams, angles of prisms by [William Whewell?] |
| Date | [1824] |
| Description | Plate 9, figures 6-15 showing several diagrams of prisms, including quadrangular, rectangular, tetrahedra, and octahedra representing crystals of the same shape, with numerous letters and numbers labelling various angles on the prisms. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Ink annotation at top of page reads '[Figur]es of Mr Whewell's paper.' Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'A general method of calculating the angles made by any planes of crystals, and the laws according to which they are formed' by William Whewell.
Read to the Royal Society on 25 November 1824. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Dimensions | 265x182mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1825.0006 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0251 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6578 | Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science | 1794 - 1866 |