Letter, from Benjamin Langwith to James Jurin, dated at Petworth
Reference number: EL/L6/21
Date: 12 January 1721
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Observations of a rainbow - composition and colours
Read to the Royal Society on 8 February 1721
Extract printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32, no 375, p 24
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- EL/L6/21
- Earliest possible date
- 12 January 1721
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Benjamin Langwith, Letter, from Benjamin Langwith to James Jurin, dated at Petworth, 12 January 1721, EL/L6/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l6_21/letter-from-benjamin-langwith-to-james-jurin-dated-at-petworth, accessed on 12 February 2026
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IV. Extracts of several letters to the Publisher, from the Reverend Dr. Langwith, Rector of Petworth in Sussex, concerning the appearance of several arches of colours contiguous to the inner edge of the common rainbow External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1723
DOI: 110.1098/rstl.1722.0044
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Letter, from Benjamin Langwith to James Jurin, dated at Petworth
Creator: Benjamin Langwith Reference number: EL/L6/23
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