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Paper, 'Outlines of expriments and inquiries respecting sound and light' by Thomas Young

Reference number: L&P/11/116

Date: 1799

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Contains five plates.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Outlines of experiments and inquiries respecting sound and light. By Thomas Young, M. D. F. R. S. In a letter to Edward Whitaker Gray, M. D. Sec. R. S'

Read 16 January 1800

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L&P/11/116
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1799
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Ink on paper and five plates
Page extent
61 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Young

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Thomas Young, Paper, 'Outlines of expriments and inquiries respecting sound and light' by Thomas Young, 1799, L&P/11/116, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_116/paper-outlines-of-expriments-and-inquiries-respecting-sound-and-light-by-thomas-young, accessed on 03 December 2024

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