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Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth

Reference number: HS/10/95

Date: 8 December 1842

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Was very pleased with the specimen John Frederick William Herschel sent him; it is still in good condition. Has he read [John William] Draper's paper? Comments on some of the points. Outlines some of his own proposed experiments.

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HS/10/95
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8 December 1842
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hunt

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Robert Hunt, Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth, 8 December 1842, HS/10/95, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_95/letter-from-robert-hunt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-falmouth, accessed on 25 March 2025

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