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Letter from Richard Potter, on his paper 'Experiments to determine the quantity of light reflected by Plane Metallic Specula under different angles of incidence; with a description of the photometer made use of' to the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/1/187

Date: 16 March 1830

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Letter from Potter adding a correction to the paper.

Subject: Chemistry

[Not published].

Reference number
RR/1/187
Earliest possible date
16 March 1830
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Richard Potter, on his paper 'Experiments to determine the quantity of light reflected by Plane Metallic Specula under different angles of incidence; with a description of the photometer made use of' to the Royal Society, 16 March 1830, RR/1/187, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_187/letter-from-richard-potter-on-his-paper-experiments-to-determine-the-quantity-of-light-reflected-by-plane-metallic-specula-under-different-angles-of-incidence-with-a-description-of-the-photometer-made-use-of-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 24 April 2025

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