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

Reference number: HS/10/98

Date: 4 February 1843

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been reading John Frederick William Herschel's communication to the P.M. [on solar spectrum] and wishes to point out that Robert Hunt was the first to carry out those experiments, which are recounted in the P.M. for 1840.

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HS/10/98
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4 February 1843
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3 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, 4 February 1843, HS/10/98, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_98/letter-from-robert-hunt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-falmouth, accessed on 25 March 2025

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