Refraction of liquors
Date
1698
Creator
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 300mm
width (page): 181mm
width (page): 181mm
Subject
Description
Edmond Halley went through the previous journal books and the rough minutes of the Royal Society to find that the experiments done to prove the different refractions of liquors did not agree. He therefore decided to do them again.
The text refers to several images which are not included in the document anymore. This drawing is probably a sketch of the angle of a liquid on a surface.
The text refers to several images which are not included in the document anymore. This drawing is probably a sketch of the angle of a liquid on a surface.
Transcription
Halley about refracting Liquors
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
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Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
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