GB 0120 MSS.7038 & 8316 - Biot, Jean-Baptiste (1774-1862)

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GB 0120 MSS.7038 & 8316

Title

Biot, Jean-Baptiste (1774-1862)

Date(s)

  • c 1800-1937 (Creation)

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1 file and 1 bundle

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Biographical history

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.

Archival history

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.

English

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

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

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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Conditions governing access

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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Finding aids

Described in Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.

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Wellcome Library

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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

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