Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15320

    Optical diagrams

    Date
    c. 1692
    Creator
    Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p8
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 298mm
    width (page): 188mm
    Subject
    Physics
       > Optics
    Description
    These are two diagrams included in the 'imperfect papers' attributed to Edmond Halley. They relate to his study of the optical properties of spherical lenses, which was included as an appendix to William Molyneux, Dioptrica Nova (London: B. Tooke, 1692), pp. 295-301 and plate 42.
    Related fellows
    Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
    William Molyneux (1656 - 1698, British) , Science writer
    Associated place
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          > United Kingdom
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