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Autograph letter signed by sender. Possesses John Frederick William Herschel's tract on light. Would like his comments on various phenomena.

Reference number
HS/4/94
Earliest possible date
2 July 1841
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Jean Baptiste Biot

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Jean Baptiste Biot, Letter, from Jean Baptiste Biot to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris, 2 July 1841, HS/4/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_94/letter-from-jean-baptiste-biot-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-paris, accessed on 05 December 2025

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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