| RefNo | PP/17/16 |
| Previous numbers | PP/49/18 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Preliminary note: The numerical registration of colour' by [William De Wiveleslie] Abney |
| Date | 1891 |
| Description | Manuscript followed by printed proof. Abney writes: 'The Committee of the Royal Society on Colour Vision having put into my hands the determination of the colour of certain signal glasses, a memorandum was drawn up on the method of the numerical registration of colours and submitted to them.'
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Chemistry
Received 6 February 1891. Read 19 February 1891.
A version of this paper was published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The numerical registration of colour. Preliminary note'. |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Printed |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0088 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6454 | Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920) | 1843 - 1920 |