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Subject: Physics

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Reference number
L&P/3/158
Earliest possible date
29 March 1756
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
15 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Experiments to prove that the violet colour in the spectrum is casual and only a faint red' by unknown author [Dutch original], 29 March 1756, L&P/3/158, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_158/paper-experiments-to-prove-that-the-violet-colour-in-the-spectrum-is-casual-and-only-a-faint-red-by-unknown-author-dutch-original, accessed on 20 June 2025

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