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  • Title
    Booklet of coloured silk threads used by John Dalton to assess his colour vision
  • Reference
    MS/1376/1
  • Production date
    1798 - 1799
  • Creator
    • Dalton, JohnBiography
  • Scope and Content
    Booklet records Dalton's perception of various coloured threads in daylight and in candlelight, and is inscribed on the flyleaf by J.F.W. Herschel 'This Book was given me by John Dalton ...'
  • Extent
    1 item
  • Language
    English
  • Level of description
    ITEM
  • Repository name
    Science Museum, London
  • Associated people and organisations
    • Herschel, John Frederick WilliamBiography
  • Conditions governing access
    Open Access
  • Conditions governing Reproduction
    Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions