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Unpublished paper, 'Total reflexion at the surface of any crystal' by Michael Macann

Reference number: AP/30/12

Date: February 1848

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Macann presents his mathematical method for calculating total reflection at the surface of any crystal.

Subject: Physics / Optics / Calculus

Received 17 February 1848. Communicated by Sir John Herschel.

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AP/30/12
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February 1848
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Ink on paper
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14 pages
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Manuscript

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Michael Macann

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Michael Macann, Unpublished paper, 'Total reflexion at the surface of any crystal' by Michael Macann, February 1848, AP/30/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_30_12/unpublished-paper-total-reflexion-at-the-surface-of-any-crystal-by-michael-macann, accessed on 15 January 2025

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