| RefNo | AP/15/1/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished diagrams, light deflecting around obstacles by [John Barton] |
| Date | [1831] |
| Description | Figures 3-5 showing diagrams of intervals between halos of light and light deflecting around an obstacle.
Subject: Physics
Communicated by Davies Gilbert. Received by the Royal Society on 5 March [1831]. Read 16 June 1831.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 3 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the inflexion of light'.
A similar paper was published by Barton in the The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: Barton, John. 'On the inflexion of light'. The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, series 3, volume 2, pp. 263-269. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Barton, John. 'On the inflexion of light'. The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, series 3, volume 2, pp. 263-269. |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0044 |
| RelatedRecord | AP/15/1 |
| URLDescription | Published version available online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library |
| URL | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20126#page/277/mode/1up |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8707 | Gilbert; Davies (1767-1839) | 1767-1839 |
| NA8414 | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician | 1642 - 1727 |