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Paper, 'Theory of the reciprocal action between the solar rays and the different media by which they are reflected refracted or absorbed; in the course of which various optical laws and phenomena are elucidated and explained' by J [Joseph] Power

Reference number: PT/48/2

Date: 1853

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Theory of the reciprocal action between the solar rays and the different media by which they are reflected, refracted, or absorbed; in the course of which various optical laws and phenomena are elucidated and explained'.

Written by Power at Clare Hall, Cambridge. Communicated by Rev J [Jonathan] Cape. Received by the Royal Society on 26 May 1853. Read 9 June 1853.

Abstract 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 6, 1854.

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PT/48/2
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1853
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74 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Power

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Joseph Power, Paper, 'Theory of the reciprocal action between the solar rays and the different media by which they are reflected refracted or absorbed; in the course of which various optical laws and phenomena are elucidated and explained' by J [Joseph] Power, 1853, PT/48/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_48_2/paper-theory-of-the-reciprocal-action-between-the-solar-rays-and-the-different-media-by-which-they-are-reflected-refracted-or-absorbed-in-the-course-of-which-various-optical-laws-and-phenomena-are-elucidated-and-explained-by-j-joseph-power, accessed on 08 December 2024

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