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Paper, 'Of the aberration of light reflected at spherical superficies and lenses' by Sanuel Klingenstierna

Reference number: L&P/4/62

Date: 20 April 1760

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Subject: Physics/Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'De aberratione luminis, in superficiebus et lentibus sphœricis refractorum'

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L&P/4/62
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20 April 1760
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Ink on paper
Page extent
24 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Klingenstierna

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Samuel Klingenstierna, Paper, 'Of the aberration of light reflected at spherical superficies and lenses' by Sanuel Klingenstierna, 20 April 1760, L&P/4/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_62/paper-of-the-aberration-of-light-reflected-at-spherical-superficies-and-lenses-by-sanuel-klingenstierna, accessed on 16 June 2025

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