Mathematical drawing in pencil and ink, the central scale line is in pencil with curves drawn either side in ink with faint intersection lines drawn in pencil. The paper had been folded in half.
Inscription: Inscribed by Ostroff with: '23377'. Pencil drawing of a spectrum with a wrapper in Sir David Brewster's handwriting and inscribed with 'Place E6/ Place [?]/ In the Spectrum'. Originally mounted on a piece of card inscribed with '1832-DB'.
Inscription: Inscribed on recto: 'W.H.F. Talbot's Patent No. 1046'. Handwritten on verso: 'Talbot's Duplicate'. Four hand-coloured diagrams depicting the machinery to Talbot's patent for obtaining motive power.
Inscription: Printed on recto: 'Tab V./ Zu Fraunhofer's Gesetze der Bengung des Lichtes Deutsch B.VII/ Fraunhofer del.'. Plate five from a publication showing an example of Fraunhofer's diffusion; it shows light patterns produced through a telescope.
Inscription: Printed on recto: 'Tab III./ Zu Fraunhofer's Gesetze der Bengung des Lichtes Deutsch B.VII/ Fraunhofer del.'. Plate three from a publication showing an example of Fraunhofer's diffusion; it shows light patterns produced through a telescope.
Inscription: Printed on recto: 'Tab IV./ Zu Fraunhofer's Gesetze der Bengung des Lichtes Deutsch B.VII/ Fraunhofer del.'. Plate four from a publication showing an example of Fraunhofer's diffusion; it shows light patterns produced through a telescope.
[The Moon.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Cop [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Scientific Photography View of the moon, the original image having been trimmed to produce a circular border. Photoglyphic engraving on copper from a photograph possibly carried out by Warren de la Rue. Image size 62 x 62 mm, press im...
[The Moon.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Cop [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Scientific Photography View of the moon, the original image having been trimmed to produce a circular border. Photoglyphic engraving on copper from a photograph possibly carried out by Warren de la Rue. Image size 62 x 62 mm, press im...
[The Moon.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Cop [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Scientific Photography View of the moon, the original image having been trimmed to produce a circular border. Photoglyphic engraving on copper from a photograph possibly carried out by Warren de la Rue. Image size 62 x 62 mm, press im...