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Reference numberL&P/11/77
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'An unusual horizontal refraction of the air' [Bakerian Lecture] by Samuel Vince
Date1798
DescriptionContains plate.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The Bakerian Lecture. Observations upon an unusual hori­zontal refraction of the air ; with remarks on the varia­tions to which the lower parts of the atmosphere are sometimes subject'

Read 15 November 1798
Extent16p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper and plate
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1799.0003
Related records in the catalogueL&P/11/77/1
L&P/11/77/2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7859Vince; Samuel (1749 - 1821)1749 - 1821
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