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Paper, 'An account of some experiments concerning the different refrangibility of rays of light' by John Dollond

Reference number: L&P/3/324

Date: 1758

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The first leaf of this paper is missing, the document begins at page numbered '3'.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some experiments concerning the different refrangibility of light. By Mr. John Dollond. With a letter from James Short, M. A. F. R. S. Acad. Reg. Suec. Soc'

Read 8 June 1758

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L&P/3/324
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1758
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9 pages
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Paper, 'An account of some experiments concerning the different refrangibility of rays of light' by John Dollond, 1758, L&P/3/324, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_324/paper-an-account-of-some-experiments-concerning-the-different-refrangibility-of-rays-of-light-by-john-dollond, accessed on 12 September 2024

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