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Subejct: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A continuation of the experiments and observations on the light which is spontaneously emitted from various bodies; with some experiments and observations on solar light, when imbibed by Canton's phosphorus'

Read 18 June 1801

Reference number
L&P/11/168
Earliest possible date
1801
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
35 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Nathaniel Hulme

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Nathaniel Hulme, Paper, 'Experiments and observations on spontaneous light' by Nathaniel Hulme, 1801, L&P/11/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_168/paper-experiments-and-observations-on-spontaneous-light-by-nathaniel-hulme, accessed on 19 April 2026

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