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Description of some experiments by J F W Herschel

Reference number: DM/3/36

Date: 1827

Description

Experiments on 'agglutination of Earths for living Crucibles' to be undertaken by JT Cooper.

The descriptions and the notes catalogued as DM/3/39 were originally read at a committee meeting of the Optical Glass Committee, on 8 May 1827.

Reference number
DM/3/36
Earliest possible date
1827
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Description of some experiments by J F W Herschel, 1827, DM/3/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/dm_3_36/description-of-some-experiments-by-j-f-w-herschel, accessed on 17 March 2025

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