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This is a later addition to Brougham's paper found at PT/37/11. Only small portions of this supplement were printed as part of the paper. 11 manuscript pages and five plates showing various apparatuses used in Brougham's experiments on light.

Subject: Physics

Portions published as part of paper in Philosophical Transactions titled 'Experiments and observations upon the properties of light'. / Received by the Royal Society on 9 February 1850.

Abstract of paper published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 5, 1851.

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PT/37/11i
Earliest possible date
1850
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Ink on paper
Page extent
16 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Henry Peter Brougham

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Henry Peter Brougham, Paper, 'Supplement to Ld Brgham's [Lord Brougham's] paper' by Henry Peter Brougham, 1850, PT/37/11i, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_37_11i/paper-supplement-to-ld-brghams-lord-broughams-paper-by-henry-peter-brougham, accessed on 21 January 2025

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    Dates: 1802-1865

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