James Smithson's 1st Scientific Paper

AUTHOR:
Royal Society of London
SUBJECT:
Smithson, James 1765-1829
Royal Society of London
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Color ; Size: 7w x 8.25h ; Type of Image: Object ; Medium: Document
TYPE:
Paper
Object
Document
DATE:
July 7, 1791
CATEGORY:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
NOTES:
In all, Smithson wrote 27 papers as contributions to the scientific literature, 8 published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London and 19 in Thomson's Annals ofPhilosophy. These are reproduced in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, volume 21, no. 327, 1881, edited by William J. Rhees.
SUMMARY:
Page one of James Smithson's first scientific paper, "An Account of some chemical Experiments on Tabasheer," read to the Royal Society of London on 7 July 1791. James Smithson read the paper under the name of James Louis Macie, the name he used until c. 1800..It was then published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, volume LXXXI, part 2, p. 368. The paper details his many experiments on this substance found in bamboo.
CONTAINED WITHIN:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7000, Box 2, Folder: 3
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
TOPIC:
Chemistry
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
Publications
STANDARD NUMBER:
SIA2011-1374
RESTRICTIONS:
No restrictions
DATA SOURCE:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div