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Add. MS a/200/8
Title
Letter from George Airy
Date(s)
- 26 Feb. 1830 (Creation)
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1 p.
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Scope and content
Observatory - GA returns a parcel of amethystine crystals of which, due to their rough surfaces, he has been able to make nothing. 'I have lately determined an odd thing in the way of polarization, viz that the light of ladies eyes is polarized - at least when viewed in particular directions. When deprived of this light, the eye has a most unnatural appearance'.