| Reference number | MS/928/2/154 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, Lensfield Cottage, Cambridge, to Charles Vernon Boys |
| Date | 8 November 1890 |
| Description | It has been a bright day and Stokes gives the results of his examination of the quartz fibres in sunlight. As he expected the question of the inclination of the prism is simply one of focus and he calculates the angles of incidence and emergence. He has too much to do at present and cannot examine the precise nature of the light producing the colours but thinks they may be due to diffraction. Variations in colour may be due to variations in the thickness of the fibre. |
| Extent | 2p. |
| Format | Typescript |
| Physical description | On paper |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist | 1819 - 1903 |