Date:1765 - 1814 (c.)
Description:First page of James Watt's laboratory notebook, describing his experiments on copal varnish. A transcript of this page is available as a download, offered below. This octavo notebook mainly dates from 1783, the year that Watt repeated his experiments of 1765 on latent heat. The earlier experiments on copal varnish, etc. are described retrospectively, but the 1783 experiments on latent heat are recorded here as they were performed. The range of dates mentioned is 1765-1814, but the earlier dates are retrospective, and 1814 refers to two leaves pasted in after p45. Most of the manuscript must date from c.1783. This notebook is part of the James Watt Papers in the Archives of Soho, held at Birmingham City Archives [Ref. MS3219]
Click on an item to view details for that resource
James Watt's laboratory experiment book in it's entirety, page by page. It records, in Watt's own words ...
First page of James Watt's laboratory notebook, describing his experiments on copal varnish. A transcript ...
Second page of James Watt's laboratory notebook, describing his experiments on copal varnish. A transcript ...
Third page of James Watt's laboratory notebook, describing his experiments on copal varnish. A transcript ...
Fourth page of James Watt's laboratory notebook, describing his experiments on copal varnish. A transcript ...
Share:
Creators: James Watt - Creator
Image courtesy of: Birmingham City Archives
Donor ref:MS3219 (43/6131)
Copyright information: Copyrights to all resources are retained by the individual rights holders. They have kindly made their collections available for non-commercial private study & educational use. Re-distribution of resources in any form is only permitted subject to strict adherence to the usage guidelines.