Paper, 'An attempt to explain a difficulty in the theory of vision depending on the different refrangibility of light' by Nevil Maskelyne
Reference number: L&P/9/140
Date: 1789
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Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An attempt to explain a difficulty in the theory of vision, depending on the different refrangibility of light'
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- 1789
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Nevil Maskelyne, Paper, 'An attempt to explain a difficulty in the theory of vision depending on the different refrangibility of light' by Nevil Maskelyne, 1789, L&P/9/140, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_140/paper-an-attempt-to-explain-a-difficulty-in-the-theory-of-vision-depending-on-the-different-refrangibility-of-light-by-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 19 June 2025
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Date: 31st December 1789
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1789.0022
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