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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
[26 November 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.241 (C: RI 547-8)
Summary:

Thanks for paper on action of solar and electric light on vapors, which should give JT further insight into blue color of sky and polarization of skylight. Comments on the latter. JH's son [Alexander] is working hard at Glasgow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
[2 December 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.405b (C: 24.242; C: RI 553-4)
Summary:

Thinks JT's work on polarization will lead to remarkable discovery. Discusses production of rainbow, parallels to Isaac Newton's explanation of black spot on a soap bubble, and problems in JT's undulatory theory explanation of reflection. In JT's experiments, what are nebulous particles produced by light in gas or vapor?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
[13 December 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.160b
Summary:

JT's paper on polarization of sky light suggests that neutral points are functions of cloud density. This verifies JH's earlier explanation of blue sky color. Incomplete polarization. Cause of blue color in water. Corrects note on W. A. Miller's observations of rainbows.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
[14 December 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.243 (C: RI 557-8)
Summary:

Thanks for paper verifying JH's prediction that explanation of blue sky color carries with it that of polarization of skylight. Involves ultimate link between chemical and analytical dynamics. Notes that 'neutral points' in sky polarization have yet to be explained; offers tentative explanation based on clues in JT's work.

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John Herschel Project
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