| RefNo | AP/36/11 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'The applicability of gelatine paper as a medium for colouring light' by Horace B [Benge] Dobell |
| Creator | Dobell; Horace Benge (1828-1917); English doctor; medical writer |
| Date | August 1854 |
| Description | Dobell shares three key objectives in his paper: to point out the properties of a material called gelatine paper which render it applicable as a medium for colouring light; through the means of gelatine paper, to introduce the use of coloured light in the arts for the preservation of the sight of artisans; and to introduce the use of gelatine paper for the relief of persons suffering from impaired vision.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Optics
Received 9 November 1854. Communicated by James Paget.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the applicability of gelatine paper as a medium for colouring light'. |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0044 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6051 | Paget; Sir; James (1814 - 1899) | 1814 - 1899 |