Papers on optics, 1827 - 1848
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and research papers on optics, with associated calculations. The correspondents include, among others, W. Whewell, J.F.W. Herschel, B. Stewart, A. de Morgan, B. Powell, J.W. Lubbock, W.R. Hamilton and M. Faraday. There are papers concerning B. Powell's findings on forming spectrums, light rays in various conditions and refractive indices; W.R. Hamilton on quartz theory and polarity of the spectrum; J.D. Forbes on J.W. Cubbuch's radiant heat experiments; Airy's 'diffraction for an annular aperture' (various calculations and experiments on diffraction); M. Faraday's magneto-luminous experiments, with Airy's comments on such experiments and on magnetism in general; an optical illusion in fabric; a piece on H. Coddington's microscope and the construction of a microscope by E. Clarke; and W. Ritchie's improved manufacture of glass lenses, with H. Warburton's endorsement of the technique.
Dates
- 1827 - 1848
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
L5/52
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:45:19+00:00
- Faraday, Michael, 1791 - 1867 (natural philosopher)
- Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher)
- Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir, 1805 - 1865 (Knight, mathematician)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer)
- Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker)
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician)
- Optics
- Powell, Baden, 1796 - 1860 (physicist and theologian)
- Stewart, Balfour, 1828 - 1887 (physicist and meteorologist)
- Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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