From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[16 October 1865]
Source of text:
RGO 6.478.479 (drafts RS:HS 1.284 & 24.12)
Summary:
Is working on a problem in polarized light, and finds his result disagreeing with F. J. D. Arago's third law; leads JH to think light cannot be undulatory in nature.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project