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

Reference number: HS/10/124

Date: 16 June 1846

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has often thought of the inactive condition of iron and has made some notes before he received John Frederick William Herschel's comments. Has overcome all John Frederick William Herschel's objections to the intrinsic difference in the two poles. Comments on some of these experiments.

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HS/10/124
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16 June 1846
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4 pages
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Robert Hunt, Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum of Practical Geology, 16 June 1846, HS/10/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_124/letter-from-robert-hunt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-museum-of-practical-geology, accessed on 25 March 2025

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