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Contains one plate.

Subject: Physics

Read 6 April 1786

Reference number
L&P/8/182
Earliest possible date
1786
Physical description
Ink on paper and one plate
Page extent
47 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Is the velocity of light affected by the motion of the body from which it is reflected or emitted?' by Robert Blair, 1786, L&P/8/182, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_182/paper-is-the-velocity-of-light-affected-by-the-motion-of-the-body-from-which-it-is-reflected-or-emitted-by-robert-blair, accessed on 05 October 2024

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