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RefNoL&P/2/526
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'On Melvill's optical paper in the Philosophical Transactions' from Alexis Claude Clairaut to Thomas Birch
Date30 June 1754
DescriptionSubject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Monsieur Clairaut, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and F. R. S. to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. containing a comparison between the notions of M. de Courtivron and Mr. Melvil, concerning the difference of refrangibility of the rays of light'

Read 4 July 1754
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1753.0092
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8129Birch; Thomas (1705 - 1766)1705 - 1766
NA8170Clairaut; Alexis Claude (1713 - 1765)1713 - 1765
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