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RefNoHS/1/284
LevelItem
TitleDraft letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Collingwood
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date16 October 1865
DescriptionDraft letter in John Herschel's hand. Is working on a problem in polarized light, and finds his result disagreeing with F. J. D. Arago's third law; leads John Frederick William Herschel to think light cannot be undulatory in nature.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp.
FormatManuscript
Place originCollingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
Origin coordinates51.035306, 0.513556
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialCopy: HS/24/12
Original: RGO 6.478.479
RelatedRecordHS/24/12
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel355
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA8035Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician1801 - 1892
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