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RefNoCLP/2/38
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'A proposition relating to the combination of transparent lens's with reflecting planes' by J [John] Hadley
Date[1734]
DescriptionAfter 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.
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0034
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 39, no 440, p 185 (1734)
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7954Hadley; John (1682 - 1744)1682 - 1744
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