| Reference number | PT/60/4/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'On the theory of compound colours, and the relations of the colours of the spectrum' by J [James] Clerk Maxwell |
| Date | [1860] |
| Description | Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the theory of compound colours, and the relations of the colours of the spectrum'.
Communicated by Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes. Received by the Royal Society on 5 January 1860. Read 22 March 1860.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 10, 1860. |
| Extent | 49p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1859.0074 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1860.0005 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/4/180 |
| RR/4/181 |
| PT/60/4 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8259 | Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist | 1831 - 1879 |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903) | 1819 - 1903 |