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Concerning refraction and colours
Read to the Royal Society on 19 June 1672

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RBO/4/51
Earliest possible date
1672
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'An Accompt of some Experiments about Refractions and colors made before the Royal Society' described by Robert Hooke, 1672, RBO/4/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_4_51/an-accompt-of-some-experiments-about-refractions-and-colors-made-before-the-royal-society-described-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 18 February 2025

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