Paper, 'Preliminary note: The numerical registration of colour' by [William De Wiveleslie] Abney
Reference number: PP/17/16
Date: 1891
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Manuscript followed by printed proof. Abney writes: 'The Committee of the Royal Society on Colour Vision having put into my hands the determination of the colour of certain signal glasses, a memorandum was drawn up on the method of the numerical registration of colours and submitted to them.'
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Chemistry
Received 6 February 1891. Read 19 February 1891.
A version of this paper was published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The numerical registration of colour. Preliminary note'.
- Reference number
- PP/17/16
- Earliest possible date
- 1891
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William de Wiveleslie Abney, Paper, 'Preliminary note: The numerical registration of colour' by [William De Wiveleslie] Abney, 1891, PP/17/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_17_16/paper-preliminary-note-the-numerical-registration-of-colour-by-william-de-wiveleslie-abney, accessed on 20 April 2025
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IV. The numerical registration of colour. Preliminary note External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1891
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0088
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Scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 49, 1890-1891
1890-1891 Reference number: PP/17
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