Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology

Reference number: HS/10/123

Date: 1 June 1846

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is giving a series of lectures at the Collegiate Institution. Has made some interesting discoveries recently and has deposited a paper with Faraday for communication to the Royal Society [of London] Comes to the conclusion that chemical action can be suspended by magnetic force. Comments on this.

Reference number: HS/10/123
Earliest possible date: 1 June 1846
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Robert Hunt, Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology, 1 June 1846, HS/10/123, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_123/letter-from-robert-hunt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-museum-of-practical-geology, accessed on 21 April 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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