| RefNo | CLP/2/14 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'A dioptrick problem, why four convex glasses in a telescope shew objects erect' by Will Molineux [William Molyneux] |
| Date | 3 November 1686 |
| Description | Molyneux explains the dioptric issue of convex glasses in telescopes showing objects upright when there is a single lens, inverted with two lenses, upright with three, and still upright with four lenses.
Subject: Optics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A dioptrick problem, why four convex-glasses in a telescope, shew objects erect'.
The paper is also found in the 'Journal des Scavans' for Monday 17 September 1685, p 466.
Read to the Royal Society on 3 November 1686. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0027
Printed in the 'Philosophical Transactions' Volume 16, Issue 183, (1686) |
| JBO/8/101 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/6/121 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5638 | Molyneux; William (1656 - 1698); natural philosopher and writer | 1656 - 1698 |