Paper, 'On the theory of light and colours' [Bakerian Lecture] by Thomas Young
Reference number: L&P/11/172
Date: 1801
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Contains plate.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The Bakerian Lecture. On the theory of light and colours'
Read 12 November 1801
- Reference number
- L&P/11/172
- Earliest possible date
- 1801
- Physical description
- Ink on paper and plate
- Page extent
- 49 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Thomas Young, Paper, 'On the theory of light and colours' [Bakerian Lecture] by Thomas Young, 1801, L&P/11/172, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_172/paper-on-the-theory-of-light-and-colours-bakerian-lecture-by-thomas-young, accessed on 19 January 2025
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Date: 31st December 1802
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1802.0004
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Decade 11 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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