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Paper, 'On producing and communicating colours' by Edward Bancroft

Reference number: L&P/6/112

Date: 25 May 1773

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Subject: Physics

Read 6 May 1773

Reference number
L&P/6/112
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25 May 1773
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Ink on paper
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18 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Bancroft

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Edward Bancroft, Paper, 'On producing and communicating colours' by Edward Bancroft, 25 May 1773, L&P/6/112, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_112/paper-on-producing-and-communicating-colours-by-edward-bancroft, accessed on 16 June 2025

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