| Reference number | MS/928/2/158 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, Lensfield Cottage, Cambridge, to Charles Vernon Boys |
| Creator | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); First Baronet; physicist |
| Recipient | Boys; Sir Charles Vernon (1855-1944); British physicist and inventor |
| Date | 2 December 1890 |
| Description | On travelling back to Cambridge by train, he thought about the spectra shown by Boys. He has little doubt that the transverse bands in the spectrum of a violently tapering quartz fibre are caused by intereference between diffracted and transmitted light. The other bands seen without a slit belong to the light source and Stokes suggests means of exploring this, notably by substituting the electric light with sunlight. |
| 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); First Baronet; physicist | 1819 - 1903 |