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RefNoPP/3/4/2
Previous numbersPP/35/4
LevelItem
TitleDiagram, experimental equipment by John Conroy
Date1882
DescriptionA diagram of the setup used by Conroy in his investigations into the amount of light reflected by metallic surfaces, including two triangular prisms enclosed in a box with three apertures.

Subject: Optics / Scientific apparatus and equipment

Received 1 November 1882. Read 15 February 1882. Communicated by George Gabriel Stokes.

A print of this diagram was published in volume 35 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'Some experiments on metallic reflection. No. III. On the amount of light reflected by metallic surfaces'.
Extent27p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1883.0006
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8180Conroy; Sir; John (1845 - 1900)1845 - 1900
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
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