Letter, from Sir William Huggins to Sir John Herschel, dated at Upper Tulse Hill
Reference number: HS/10/42
Date: 2 July 1868
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has just found that the bands of light from the comet are resolved by the spectroscope into bands that constitute a modified form of carbon. The spectrum of the comet was compared directly with a current of olefiant gas.
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- HS/10/42
- Earliest possible date
- 2 July 1868
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Huggins, Letter, from Sir William Huggins to Sir John Herschel, dated at Upper Tulse Hill, 2 July 1868, HS/10/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_42/letter-from-sir-william-huggins-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-upper-tulse-hill, accessed on 20 July 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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William Huggins
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John Frederick William Herschel
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