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1 letter from Henry Clifton Sorby; 1 letter from John Frederick William Herschel

Henry Clifton Sorby

Born: 10 May 1826

Died: 09/03/1908

Elected to the Royal Society Fellowship: 11/06/1857

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John Frederick William Herschel

Mathematician and astronomer

Born: 07 March 1792

Died: 11 May 1871

Elected to the Royal Society Fellowship: 27/05/1813

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Henry Clifton Sorby

John Frederick William Herschel

Autograph letter signed by sender. In response to John Frederick William Herschel's letter to John Tyndall, explains views on the mechanical nature of geological phenomenon of slaty cleavage.

6 September 1856 Sender: Henry Clifton Sorby Reference number: HS/17/220

Copy of a letter. Thanks Henry Clifton Sorby for response to and explains further John Frederick William Herschel's letter to John Tyndall regarding explanation of origin of geological slaty cleavage.

11 September 1856 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/23/179