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'A discourse Of Mr Isaac Newton containing his New Theory about Light and Colours, sent by him from Cambridge February 6 1672'

Reference number: RBO/4/44

Date: 1672

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RBO/4/44
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1672
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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'A discourse Of Mr Isaac Newton containing his New Theory about Light and Colours, sent by him from Cambridge February 6 1672', 1672, RBO/4/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_4_44/a-discourse-of-mr-isaac-newton-containing-his-new-theory-about-light-and-colours-sent-by-him-from-cambridge-february-6-1672, accessed on 30 May 2023

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