Item 16 - Letter from George Airy

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Add. MS a/200/16

Title

Letter from George Airy

Date(s)

  • 6 Feb. 1832 (Creation)

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3 pp.

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Scope and content

Observatory - GA gives a description of his observations of light polarised through glass and a diamond: 'At the first angle of incidence where this takes place (viz. the polarising angle of the glass) the rings go out, evanesce, and disappear: and onread more

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