From:
Johann Dietrich Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 August 1818]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0885
Summary:
Comments on a number of family matters and discusses the activities of some mutual acquaintances.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Comments on a number of family matters and discusses the activities of some mutual acquaintances.
Grateful for WW's comments on investigations of [Simon] Stevin. JH's work on polarization of light. Discovery of multiple axes of polarization was preempted by David Brewster. Diagrams polarization of niter crystals and Iceland spar.
JG's wife died, and he has been sick in body and spirit.
Thanks WW for and expresses agreement with WW's analysis of Simon Stevin. Describes experiments JH is conducting on the polarization of light.