| RefNo | PT/74/1/46 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagram, hexagonal mirror by unknown artist |
| Date | [1834] |
| Description | Plate 29, figure 9 showing a proposed hexagonal mirror for use in future experiments leading on from Wheatstone's paper. Inscribed with publication and plate details. A faint upside-down inscription bottom left reads 'Wheatstone'. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'An account of some experiments to measure the velocity of electricity and the duration of electric light' by Charles Wheatstone.
Received and read to the Royal Society on 19 June 1834. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 245x219mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1834.0031 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0178 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7559 | Wheatstone; Sir; Charles (1802 - 1875); physicist | 1802 - 1875 |