Paper, 'Chemical account of the Cold Bokkeveld meteoric stone' by Michael Faraday in a letter to Sir J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel
Reference number: PT/22/8
Date: 28 February 1839
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Published as part of Thomas Maclear's paper on the meteoric stone, found at PT/22/7.
Subject: Geology
Published in volume 129 of Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'An account of the fall of a meteoric stone the Cold Bokkeveld, Cape of Good Hope. By Thomas Maclear, Esq. F. R. S. &c. in a letter to Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart. V. P. R. S. &c. &c. Communicated by Sir J. F. W. Herschel'.
Written by Faraday at the Royal Institution. Received by the Royal Society on 7 March 1839. Read 21 March 1839.
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- PT/22/8
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- 28 February 1839
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- 4 pages
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Michael Faraday, Paper, 'Chemical account of the Cold Bokkeveld meteoric stone' by Michael Faraday in a letter to Sir J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, 28 February 1839, PT/22/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_22_8/paper-chemical-account-of-the-cold-bokkeveld-meteoric-stone-by-michael-faraday-in-a-letter-to-sir-j-f-w-john-frederick-william-herschel, accessed on 14 December 2025
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V. An account of the fall of a meteoric stone the Cold Bokkeveld, Cape of Good Hope. By Thomas Maclear, Esq. F. R. S. &c. in a letter to Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart. V. P. R. S. &c. &c. Communicated by Sir J. F. W. Herschel External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1839
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1839.0006
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Paper, 'An account of the fall of a meteoric stone, in the Cold Bokkeveld, Cape of Good Hope' by Thos [Thomas] Maclear in a letter to Sir John F W [Frederick William] Herschel
Creator: Thomas Maclear Reference number: PT/22/7
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1836-1839
June 1835 - July 1839 Reference number: PT/22
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