| RefNo | PT/73/11/7 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagrams, rhomboid divided into small rhomboids by [William Whewell?] |
| Date | [1824] |
| Description | Plate 8, figures 1-5 showing a rhomboid representing a rhomboid-shaped crystal, divided into smaller, equal-sized rhomboids, with numerous letters and numbers labelling various points on the rhomboids. Inscribed with publication and plate details. 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 and ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 267x185mm |
| 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 |