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'Mr Isaac Newton's Observations Mentioned in his foregoing Hypothesis, and conducing to further Discoveries for completing his Theory of Light and Colors [colours]'

Reference number: RBO/5/4

Date: 1676

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Details of 24 experiments and observations touching light and colours with analysis
Read to the Royal Society on 20 January 1676

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RBO/5/4
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1676
Page extent
36 pages
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Manuscript

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'Mr Isaac Newton's Observations Mentioned in his foregoing Hypothesis, and conducing to further Discoveries for completing his Theory of Light and Colors [colours]', 1676, RBO/5/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_5_4/mr-isaac-newtons-observations-mentioned-in-his-foregoing-hypothesis-and-conducing-to-further-discoveries-for-completing-his-theory-of-light-and-colors-colours, accessed on 21 January 2025

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