| RefNo | AP/15/1/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the inflexion of light' by John Barton |
| Date | [1831] |
| Description | Barton seeks to continue the work that Isaac Newton began on the inflection of light, recounting his experiments to this effect. Barton deduces that light is composed of material particles which obey the laws of elastic fluids due to repulsive powers.
John George Children's initials appear next to the date read. Annotations and deletions appear throughout in graphite and ink.
Subject: Physics
Communicated by Davies Gilbert. Received by the Royal Society on 5 March [1831]. Read 16 June 1831.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 3 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the inflexion of light'.
A similar paper was published by Barton in the The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: Barton, John. 'On the inflexion of light'. The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, series 3, volume 2, pp. 263-269. |
| Extent | 33p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Barton, John. 'On the inflexion of light'. The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, series 3, volume 2, pp. 263-269. |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0044 |
| RelatedRecord | AP/15/1 |
| URLDescription | Published version available online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library |
| URL | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20126#page/277/mode/1up |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8707 | Gilbert; Davies (1767-1839) | 1767-1839 |
| NA8414 | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician | 1642 - 1727 |