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Letter, 'An account of persons who could not distinguish colours' from Joseph Huddart to Joseph Priestley

Reference number: L&P/6/226

Date: 15 January 1777

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Contains small fabric sample - ribbon used in experiment.

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of persons who could not distinguish colours. By Mr. Joseph Huddart, in a letter to the Rev. Joseph Priestley, LL.D F.R.S'

Read 13 February 1777

Reference number
L&P/6/226
Earliest possible date
15 January 1777
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Joseph Huddart

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Joseph Huddart, Letter, 'An account of persons who could not distinguish colours' from Joseph Huddart to Joseph Priestley, 15 January 1777, L&P/6/226, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_226/letter-an-account-of-persons-who-could-not-distinguish-colours-from-joseph-huddart-to-joseph-priestley, accessed on 19 September 2024

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