Paper, 'Problems of a crust of spherical particles covering a surface' by Samuel Horsley

Reference number: L&P/5/260

Date: 1771

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Contains diagram.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A supplement to a former paper, concerning difficulties in the Newtonian theory of light'

Read 19 December 1771

Reference number: L&P/5/260
Earliest possible date: 1771
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 16 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Samuel Horsley

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Samuel Horsley, Paper, 'Problems of a crust of spherical particles covering a surface' by Samuel Horsley, 1771, L&P/5/260, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_260/paper-problems-of-a-crust-of-spherical-particles-covering-a-surface-by-samuel-horsley, accessed on 12 November 2025

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L. A supplement to a former paper, concerning difficulties in the Newtonian theory of light External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1771

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1771.0051

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 5 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1768-1772 Reference number: L&P/5

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