| RefNo | PT/29/4 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Aµóρфωτɑ. No 2. On the epipŏlic dispersion of light, being a supplement to a paper entitled "On a case of superficial colour presented by a homogeneous liquid internally colourless"' by Sir J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel |
| Date | 1 February 1845 |
| Description | A manuscript annotation by Samuel Hunter Christie questions whether Herschel meant to date his paper 1 March 1845.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as '’Aμóρϕωτa, no. II.— on the epipŏlic dispersion of light, being a supplement to a paper entitled, “On a case of superficial colour presented by a homogeneous liquid internally colourless."'
Written by Herschel at Collingwood [Kent, England] and addressed to Dr [Peter Mark] Roget at Somerset House, London. Received by the Royal Society on 6 March 1845. Read 3 April 1845.
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 5, 1851. |
| Extent | 10p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0042 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1845.0005 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA6616 | Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist | 1779 - 1869 |
| NA8168 | Christie; Samuel Hunter (1784 - 1865); mathematician | 1784 - 1865 |