Incomplete letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/10/135
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender, incomplete. Has a work on Elementary Physics almost through the press; it is intended for the young. Hopes to construct an instrument to measure amount of chemical action in the solar rays. Would like John Frederick William Herschel to speak to a member of the Government about a position Robert Hunt would like.
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- HS/10/135
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Hunt, Incomplete letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, HS/10/135, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_135/incomplete-letter-from-robert-hunt-to-sir-john-herschel, 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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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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