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Re: The symbol for index of refraction

On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Jim Green wrote:
At 17:28 02 08 2002 , the following was received:
Can anyone direct me to an appropriate source of information on
the origin of the use of "n" (by American physicists) and "mu"
(by the Brits) as symbols representing the index of refraction?

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