- Herschel/Box 2/James 510
- Item
- 1839 (Much of the work is undated.)
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Contents:
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Lunar Theory
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Determination of unknown functions
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A few pages on Law of Refraction, apparently from the History of Math article, or possibly from 'isoperimetrical problem' as these two sheets appear to have been one.
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Isoperimetrical problem
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On the chemical action of the rays of the solar spectrum
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Photographic MSS, with three pages of 5 interleaved in one spot.
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Spectra (emission? absorption?) of photographic papers
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Notes on the art of photography or the application of the chemical rays of light to the purposes of pictorial representation. (13 leaves, 1839)
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer