| Reference number | MS/928/2/160 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, Lensfield Cottage, Cambridge, to Charles Vernon Boys |
| Date | 6 December 1890 |
| Description | 'My dear Sir
You are quite right. Strange to say I had not thought of it, though I am so familiar with seeing, and in teaching to my class, that in diffraction and interference phenomena the fringes or other appearences are on a larger scale for the red than for the blue.
Yours very truly' |
| 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 |