Letter, from Anthony Lucas to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Liege

Reference number: EL/L5/94

Date: 27 March 1676

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Sends observations of Newton's experiments about light and colour, which he has carried out independently, and conveys his reservations about the new theory
Figure in the margin
Read to the Royal Society on 8 June 1676
Lucas, a Jesuit, and Professor of Theology at Liege (1672), later Rector of the English College at Rome (1687)

Reference number: EL/L5/94
Earliest possible date: 27 March 1676
Page extent: 5 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Anthony Lucas

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Anthony Lucas, Letter, from Anthony Lucas to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Liege, 27 March 1676, EL/L5/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_94/letter-from-anthony-lucas-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-liege, accessed on 15 May 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters L5
1651-1701 Reference number: EL/L5

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