| RefNo | PP/15/33/3 |
| Previous numbers | PP/47/34 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Photograph, experimental apparatus by Charles Vernon Boys |
| Date | 1890 |
| Description | A photograph, labelled figure 2, showing the arrangement of Boys' telescope and and radio-micrometer for investigating the heat of the Moon and stars in situ. The instrument is stored in a corrugated metal shed in a field.
Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments / Astronomy
A print of this photograph was published in volume 47 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'On the heat of the Moon and stars'. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Photograph |
| PhysicalDescription | Photograph |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1889.0109 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8138 | Boys; Sir; Charles Vernon (1855 - 1944); physicist and inventor | 1855 - 1944 |