Letter, 'On the refrangibility of the rays of light' from Thomas Melvill to James Bradley
Reference number: L&P/2/424
Date: 02 February 1753

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Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. T. Melvil to the Rev. James Bradley, D. D. F. R. S. With a discourse concerning the cause of the different refrangibility of the rays of light'
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- L&P/2/424
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- 02 February 1753
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- 2 pages
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Letter, 'On the refrangibility of the rays of light' from Thomas Melvill to James Bradley, 02 February 1753, L&P/2/424, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_424/letter-on-the-refrangibility-of-the-rays-of-light-from-thomas-melvill-to-james-bradley, accessed on 10 February 2025
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XXXVIII. A letter from Mr. T. Melvil to the Rev. James Bradley, D. D. F. R. S. With a discourse concerning the cause of the different refrangibility of the rays of light External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1753
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1753.0038
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