| RefNo | PP/16/13/1 |
| Previous numbers | PP/48/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'Experiments with Lord Rayleigh's colour box' by Arthur Schuster |
| Date | 1890 |
| Description | Schuster writes: 'Lord Rayleigh described before the meeting of the British Association, in 1881, a colour box in which artificial yellow is produced by mixing a pure red and green, and this yellow is directly compared to the yellow of the spectrum [see Nature, 17 November 1881]. Lord Rayleigh has given an account of certain peculiarities of vision observed in a number of persons, and it seemed to me worth while to extend the enquiry to a greater number of observers, and also, if possible, to obtain some evidence as to the existence of smaller differences than those described in Lord Rayleigh’s paper.'
Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes one graph of experimental observations.
Subject: Optics
Received 15 May 1890 / 16 May 1890. Read 5 June 1890.
A version of this paper was published in volume 48 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Experiments with Lord Rayleigh's colour box'. |
| Extent | 22p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1038/025064a0 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0019 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6090 | Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist | 1842 - 1919 |