Unpublished paper, regarding telescopes by John Boole
Reference number: AP/12/2
Date: 27 February 1825
Description
Boole writes of a method of increasing the power of a telescope without compromising distinctness of the view by separating the two parts of the achromatic eyepiece. Includes one page of figures.
Subject: Scientific Instruments
Written by Boole in Lincoln [Lincolnshire, England].
- Reference number
- AP/12/2
- Earliest possible date
- 27 February 1825
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 11 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Unpublished paper, regarding telescopes by John Boole, 27 February 1825, AP/12/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_12_2/unpublished-paper-regarding-telescopes-by-john-boole, accessed on 12 December 2025
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Archived papers: volume 12, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1825-1826
1824-1828 Reference number: AP/12
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