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| | JHT History of Heat Tranfer - Biot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | A French physicist, best known for his work in the polarization of light, Jean Baptiste Biot was born in Paris, France, on April 21, 1774. |
 | | Although younger, Biot worked on the analysis of heat conduction even earlier than Fourier did (1802 or 1803) and attempted, unsuccessfully, to deal with the problem of incorporating external convection effects in heat conduction analysis. |
 | | In 1820, with Felix Savart, he discovered the law known as "Biot and Savart's Law." He was especially interested in questions relating to the polarization of light and for his achievements in this field he was awarded the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1840. |
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