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- c 1800-1937 (Creation)
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1 file and 1 bundle
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Jean-Baptiste Biot was born in Paris and educated at the Ecole Polytechnique. His fields of research included astonomy, the Earth's atmosphere, and light and optics, but he is best known for his work on electricity and magnetism; the Biot-Savart law in electromagnetics is named after him, and Felix Savart.
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GB 0120 MSS.7038 & 8316 c 1800-1937 Collection (fonds) 1 file and 1 bundle Biot , Jean-Baptiste , 1774-1862 , scientist
Jean-Baptiste Biot was born in Paris and educated at the Ecole Polytechnique. His fields of research included astonomy, the Earth's atmosphere, and light and optics, but he is best known for his work on electricity and magnetism; the Biot-Savart law in electromagnetics is named after him, and Felix Savart.
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.
Papers of Jean-Baptiste Biot, c 1800-1937, including correspondence and a translation of Biot's Memoir on the Circular Zodiac of Denderah.
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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Described in Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Jan 2009 Reproductive cycle Optics Light Physiology Human reproduction Pregnancy Parturition History History of medicine Medical sciences Obstetrics Culture Civilization Western world Greek world Historical periods Ancient history Ancient civilizations Spiritualism Astrology Mathematics Physics Astronomy Education Biot , Jean-Baptiste , 1774-1862 , scientist Mysticism
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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.
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Papers of Jean-Baptiste Biot, c 1800-1937, including correspondence and a translation of Biot's Memoir on the Circular Zodiac of Denderah.
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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Described in Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.
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- Optics
- Optics » Light
- Physiology
- Physiology » Human reproduction
- Physiology » Human reproduction » Pregnancy
- History
- Medical sciences
- Culture
- Culture » Civilization
- Historical periods
- Historical periods » Ancient history
- Historical periods » Ancient history » Ancient civilizations
- Mysticism » Spiritualism
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Astronomy
- Education
- Mysticism
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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English