Diagram of light rays
Date
21 May 1672
After
Ignace-Gaston Pardies (1636 - 1673, French) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p244
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 313mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
Subject
Description
Diagram of light rays on a small piece of paper (21 x 33 mm) stuck into the margin. From Ignace-Gaston Pardies's letter to Henry Oldenburg about his objections to Isaac Newton's theory of light and colours. This was published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 7, no. 85 (1672), pp. 5012-13.
Object history
Published as a woodcut in I. G. Pardies, 'Second letter to Newton's answer concerning his theory of color', Phil. Trans. vol. 7, no. 85 (July 1672), pp. 5012-13 (p. 5012).
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
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