| RefNo | CLP/2/38 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'A proposition relating to the combination of transparent lens's with reflecting planes' by J [John] Hadley |
| Date | [1734] |
| Description | After proposing the use of a telescope with an instrument for taking angles, Hadley considers the effects of combining several kinds of telescopes with reflecting planes. He proposes placing lenses of equal focal length in such a way as to affect the angle of light which passes through them. Includes four diagrams.
Subject: Optics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A proposition relating to the combination of transparent lens's with reflecting planes'.
Read to the Royal Society on 9 January 1734. |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0034
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 39, no 440, p 185 (1734) |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7954 | Hadley; John (1682 - 1744) | 1682 - 1744 |