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- 34 - Archived papers: volume 34, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1852-1854

RefNo	AP/34/4
Previous numbers	AP.34.4
Level	File
Title	Unpublished paper, 'Further experiments and observations on the properties of light' by Henry Peter Brougham
Date	1853
Description	Brougham considers that Sir Isaac Newton’s experiments to prove that the fringes formed by inflexion and bordering the shadows of all bodies, are of different breadths when formed by the homogeneous rays of different kinds, are the foundation of his theory, and would be perfectly conclusive if the different rays were equally bent out of their course by inflexion, for in that case the line joining the centres of the fringes on opposite sides of the shadow being, as he found them, of different lengths, the fringes must be of different breadths. Brougham details a series of experiments on light and shares his observations. Annotations in ink throughout. Includes five pages of figures relating to experiments on the properties of light, including fringe patterns. Preceded by a covering letter. Subject: Optics Received 9 May 1853. Read 24 November 1853. Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 6 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'Further experiments and observations on the properties of light'.
Extent	94p
Format	Drawing
Format	Manuscript
PhysicalDescription	Ink on paper
Digital images	View item on Science in the Making
AccessStatus	Open
RelatedMaterial	DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0115

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Code	PersonName	Dates
NA8151	Brougham; Henry Peter (1778 - 1868); Baron Brougham and Vaux	1778 - 1868

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