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Paper, 'Observations on vision' by Thomas Young

Reference number: L&P/10/51

Date: 1793

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Contains plate.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophial Transactions, as 'Observations on vision'

Read 20 May 1793

Reference number
L&P/10/51
Earliest possible date
1793
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
15 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Young

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Thomas Young, Paper, 'Observations on vision' by Thomas Young, 1793, L&P/10/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_51/paper-observations-on-vision-by-thomas-young, accessed on 19 January 2025

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