| RefNo | PT/74/3/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagram, system of branches of magnetic curve by [Thomas Stephens Davies?] |
| Date | [1836] |
| Description | Plate 16, figure 18 showing a diagram of the system of branches of a magnetic curve studied by Davies. Inscribed with publication and plate details. An ink inscription at the top reads 'The dark curve to be traced finer - like the lines. T. S. D.' Another inscription bottom right reads 'Fig to the note at the end of XXIX.' An outline draft of another geometric figure is pictured verso. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Geodesy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Geometrical investigations concerning the phenomena of terrestrial magnetism. Second series:— On the number of points at which a magnetic needle can take a position vertical to the Earth's surface' by Thomas Stephens Davies.
Received by the Royal Society on 28 January 1836. Read 4 February 1836. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Dimensions | 226x158mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1836.0011 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0228 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3436 | Davies; Thomas Stephens (1795 - 1851) | 1795 - 1851 |