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Powell describes further experiments on the exterior heating power of red rays of visible light, and whether or not their heating power is impacted by a possible cooling effect when passed through glass.

Subject: Physics

Received by the Royal Society on 20 May 1824.

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AP/11/16
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1824
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Ink on paper
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26 pages
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Manuscript

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Baden Powell

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Baden Powell, Unpublished paper, 'Further experiments respecting the exterior heating effect of the prismatic spectrum' by Baden Powell, 1824, AP/11/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_11_16/unpublished-paper-further-experiments-respecting-the-exterior-heating-effect-of-the-prismatic-spectrum-by-baden-powell, accessed on 14 July 2025

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