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Fresnel, Augustin Jean (1788-1827) civil engineer and physicist
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Notes, fragments, and portions of drafts related to History of the inductive sciences
R./18.10/5-8 · Item · 1829, [c 1835?]
Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class R

Includes an undated draft of a letter to an unidentified French expert on Augustin Fresnel, a printed broadsheet headed "Chemical Elements according to their combinations with oxygen and hydrogen" and "Mineralogical species according to their chemical analogies and physical resemblances" printed by J. Smith at the University Press, 1829.
Letter from Philip Kelland
Letter from Philip Kelland
Add. MS a/207/147 · Item · [1836]
Part of Additional Manuscripts a

PK would like to read his paper 'On the Elasticity of the Ether in Crystals' next Monday. However, since his paper differs with Augustine Fresnel over a certain point and WW does not approve of any differences with Fresnel's Memoir, he would be happy to discuss it with WW first.