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Unpublished paper, 'Description and purpose of the glass plate which bears the inscription "Interferenz-Spectrum. Longitudo et celeritas undularum lucis relativa cum in aere tum in vitro"' by Friedrich Adolph Nobert

Reference number: AP/33/21

Date: March 1851

Description

Nobert provides a physical description of the glass plate, which is 18 inches in length, 9 inches in breadth and 1.5 inches in thickness, with one polished side. He then describes the use of the plate in experiments.

Includes one page of figures of the plate's use in experiments on light. Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Scientific apparatus and equipment / Optics

Received 16 April 1851. Communicated by Michael Faraday, with corrections in his hand.

Reference number
AP/33/21
Earliest possible date
March 1851
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Drawing
Manuscript

Creator name

Friedrich Adolph Nobert

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Friedrich Adolph Nobert, Unpublished paper, 'Description and purpose of the glass plate which bears the inscription "Interferenz-Spectrum. Longitudo et celeritas undularum lucis relativa cum in aere tum in vitro"' by Friedrich Adolph Nobert, March 1851, AP/33/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_33_21/unpublished-paper-description-and-purpose-of-the-glass-plate-which-bears-the-inscription-interferenz-spectrum-longitudo-et-celeritas-undularum-lucis-relativa-cum-in-aere-tum-in-vitro-by-friedrich-adolph-nobert, accessed on 11 December 2025

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