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Letter from Richard Tetley Glazebrook, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'An experimental determination of the values of the velocities of normal propagation of plane waves in different directions in a biaxal crystal, and a comparison of the results with theory' by Richard Tetley Glazebrook

Reference number: RR/8/95

Date: 28 June 1878

Description

Apologises for not making his meaning clear in the paper. Refers to work of Augustin-Jean Fresnel, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh and Anas [?]. Provides clarifying explanation and formulae.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1879]

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RR/8/95
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28 June 1878
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Richard Tetley Glazebrook, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'An experimental determination of the values of the velocities of normal propagation of plane waves in different directions in a biaxal crystal, and a comparison of the results with theory' by Richard Tetley Glazebrook, 28 June 1878, RR/8/95, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_95/letter-from-richard-tetley-glazebrook-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-an-experimental-determination-of-the-values-of-the-velocities-of-normal-propagation-of-plane-waves-in-different-directions-in-a-biaxal-crystal-and-a-comparison-of-the-results-with-theory-by-richard-tetley-glazebrook, accessed on 10 December 2024

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