| RefNo | L&P/2/526 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'On Melvill's optical paper in the Philosophical Transactions' from Alexis Claude Clairaut to Thomas Birch |
| Date | 30 June 1754 |
| Description | Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Monsieur Clairaut, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and F. R. S. to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. containing a comparison between the notions of M. de Courtivron and Mr. Melvil, concerning the difference of refrangibility of the rays of light'
Read 4 July 1754 |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1753.0092 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8129 | Birch; Thomas (1705 - 1766) | 1705 - 1766 |
| NA8170 | Clairaut; Alexis Claude (1713 - 1765); mathematician and astronomer | 1713 - 1765 |