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Letter, 'Of colour and refrangibility of light' from unknown author to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/2/105

Date: 21 July 1750

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Subject: Physics

Read 21 February 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/105
Earliest possible date
21 July 1750
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of colour and refrangibility of light' from unknown author to Cromwell Mortimer, 21 July 1750, L&P/2/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_105/letter-of-colour-and-refrangibility-of-light-from-unknown-author-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 08 July 2025

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