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Do we know who Mr. Jones who invented this was? I ask because I suspect it was Isaac Newton's contemporary Sir William Jones and we might as well link to that if so. -- Paul Drye
- I'm not sure. --Georg Muntingh
I very much doubt it. Try this:
- Jones, R. C., ``New Calculus for the Treatment of Optical Systems I. Description and Discussion of the Calculus, Journal of the Optical Society of America, 31, 488-493 (1941)
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--HarpyHumming 22:01, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
