From:
Jean Baptiste Biot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.88
Summary:
Has received his letter written in November a little late. Observations on refraction and allied subjects.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Has received his letter written in November a little late. Observations on refraction and allied subjects.
Further information on his experiments with refraction in various crystals, especially topaz.
Fears that a letter written to him in November may not have reached him. Will send him a copy of his paper of colors. A Philosophical Society has been formed at Cambridge.
Regarding refraction in crystals of apophyllite and quartz.