Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James Prescott Joule, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/10/429
Date: 21 October 1863
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Copy of a letter. Thanks for his paper on amalgams. Regarding the amalgam of iron, he pointed it out many years ago in his Bakerian lecture. Would be interesting to experiment further with iron in solution of mercury.
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- HS/10/429
- Earliest possible date
- 21 October 1863
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James Prescott Joule, dated at Collingwood, 21 October 1863, HS/10/429, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_429/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-james-prescott-joule-dated-at-collingwood, 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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John Frederick William Herschel
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James Prescott Joule
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