French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (1774-1862) who established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the polarization of light. AMS in French, signed “J. B. Biot,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, no date. Page from a handwritten draft of a piece concerning publication of "Lettres edifiantes" and the work of Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, a Jesuit priest who compiled reports of missionaries in China. In fine condition.
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