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Biot, Jean-Baptiste (1774-1862), French mathematician and physicist
- Biot, Jean-Baptiste, 1774-1862.
- Date
- c.1800-1937
- Reference
- MSS.7038 & 8316
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Correspondence and a translation of Biot's Memoir on the Circular Zodiac of Denderah
Publication/Creation
c.1800-1937
Physical description
1 file and 1 bundle Typescript
Contributors
Acquisition note
MS.7038: most of the letters and papers were purchased in Paris between 1928 and 1935, principally from Degrange. MS.8316 received from WHMM, 1940.
Biographical note
French mathematician and physicist
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts