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Maskelyne/Doc 21 - 24/Doc 22
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GB 275 Maskelyne/Doc 21 - 24/Doc 22
Title
A. L. s., to Reverend Samuel Vince from Jean-George Büsch, Hamburg
Date(s)
- 5 March 1800 (postmarked) (Creation)
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4p paper
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Scope and content
Discusses a tract in a philosophical volume written by Vince concerning the horizontal refraction of light and Büsch's observations of the same. Puts forward his theories regarding this refraction. Discusses his, and others, theories regarding the Fata Morgana