| RefNo | HS/19/219 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Note on optics, from Augustin Jean Fresnel to Sir John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 1820s |
| Description | Unsigned note in answer to queries sent by John Herschel to Augustin Jean Fresnel on refraction and theories of light. Includes various diagrams, equations and the list of queries submitted on the rules for polarisation, light intensity, double refractions. In Postscriptum, discussion of the effects of crystals on light (topaze prism). |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 14 ff. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Place origin | n.p. |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA7031 | Fresnel; Augustin Jean (1788 - 1827) | 1788 - 1827 |