Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Jean Baptiste Biot
Reference number: HS/4/86
Date: 10 December 1819
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Draft letter. Answers to Jean Baptiste Biot's queries on the refraction of light through crystals, and Newton's rings.
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- HS/4/86
- Earliest possible date
- 10 December 1819
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- 8 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Jean Baptiste Biot, 10 December 1819, HS/4/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_86/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-jean-baptiste-biot, accessed on 16 February 2026
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