Letters and papers by Biot

Letters from Jean Baptiste Biot to various correspondents and some papers by him, mainly relating to publications, experiments and mathematical calculations. With a few letters by his wife Françoise Gabrielle Biot and one letter to Biot. The letters and papers illuminate a range of Biot's professional and personal interests, from mathematics, astronomy and the refraction of light to the education of his son. Correspondents include Dominique François Arago (1786-1853). Francis Beaufort (1774-1857) and Joseph François Michaud (1767-1839). One letter by Madame Biot is to André Marie Ampère (1775-1836).

c.1800-1861

92 ff. 1 guardbook, 350 × 270 mm

Most of the letters and papers were purchased in Paris between 1928 and 1935, principally from Degrange.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts