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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.

Reference number
PT/22/8
Earliest possible date
28 February 1839
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Michael Faraday

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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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