Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology
Reference number: HS/10/122
Date: 6 April 1846
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been pursuing his magnetic experiments with crystals and will be publishing a memoir on them. Comments on these experiment. Is there a difference in the mass of the earth at the poles?
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- HS/10/122
- Earliest possible date
- 6 April 1846
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Robert Hunt, Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology, 6 April 1846, HS/10/122, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_122/letter-from-robert-hunt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-museum-of-practical-geology, accessed on 25 March 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 10 Howard-J miscellaneous
1816-1871 Reference number: HS/10
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Robert Hunt
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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