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Reference numberMM/14/6
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Joshua Ramsey, on the cost of constructing furnaces for the use of the Optical Glass Committee
Date29 November 1828
Description"Of the active Committee of Michael Faraday, George Dollond and Herschel, Faraday was to analyse chemically the glass in use and to devise experimentally a better glass, Dollond was to act as a practical optician and Herschel was to test its optical properties". M Boas-Hall, 'All Scientists Now: The Royal Society in the Nineteenth Century', Cambridge: CUP, 1984, p32
Extent1 side
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Related materialSee CMB/1/13, CMB/69-71, Optical Glass Committee Minute Books and MS/365, Faraday's Glass Furnace Note Book
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