| RefNo | PT/74/4/6 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paintings, lenses of cows, sheep, and horses by [David Brewster?] |
| Date | [1837] |
| Description | Plate 15, figures 1-8 showing lenses from the eyes of cows, sheep, and horses after death. The figures are drawn on opposite sides of a folded sheet of paper, four figures per side. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Ink inscription verso reads 'Brewster. To be printed'. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Zoology / Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the development and extinction of regular doubly refracting structures in the crystalline lenses of animals after death' by David Brewster.
Received by the Royal Society on 10 May 1837. Read 1 June 1837. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Watercolour and ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 231x190mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1837.0018 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0292 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7450 | Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1781 - 1868 |