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Powell describes his experiments on the polarisation of heat through reflection from luminous sources and provides his experimental results. Includes one separate page of figures.

Subject: Physics

Received by the Royal Society on 3 December [1830?].

Reference number
AP/14/16
Earliest possible date
1830
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Ink on paper
Page extent
34 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Baden Powell

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Baden Powell, Unpublished paper, 'An experimental enquiry relative to the polarization of heat' by Baden Powell, 1830, AP/14/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_14_16/unpublished-paper-an-experimental-enquiry-relative-to-the-polarization-of-heat-by-baden-powell, accessed on 14 July 2025

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