Prism experiment
Date
13 April 1672
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p225
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 313mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A figure by Isaac Newton explaining his prism experiment printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 6, no. 80 (February 1672), p. 3076. This was part of Newton's discussion about varying the conditions of his prism experiment in his letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 13 April 1672. It was printed in Philosophical Transactions, vol. 7, no. 83 (May 1672).
A copy of this figure can be found at LBC/5/248.
A copy of this figure can be found at LBC/5/248.
Object history
See woodcut figure for I. Newton, 'Theory of light', Phil. Trans. vol. 7, no. 83 (May 1672), pp. 4060-62 (p. 4061).
Related fellows
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
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