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XXXI. On the Absorption of Light by Coloured Media, and on the Colours of the Prismatic Spectrum exhibited by certain Flames; with an Account of a ready Mode of determining the absolute dispersive Power of any Medium, by direct experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

J. F. W. Herschel Esq.
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My dear Sir,

As I see by a notice in your Journal, No. 13., which has just reached my hands, that your attention has been occupied by the phenomena of Coloured Flames, and the Absorption of Coloured Light by Diaphanous Bodies; and that you have been successful in the very valuable discovery of a manageable flame, discharging a homogeneous yellow light of an invariable character, I shall perhaps be excused, while the contents of your paper are unknown to me more particularly, for stating some phenomena Which I have myself observed, relative to this highly interesting department of physical optics.

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , 1823 , pp. 445 - 460
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1823

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