Letter, from Robert John Kane to Sir John Herschel, dated at 51 Stephens Green, Dublin

Reference number: HS/11/4

Date: 5 January 1849

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's opinion on a memoir by M. McCann on the reflection of light from binaxal crystals. McCann is a candidate for a mathematical chair in Queen's College [Cork].

Reference number: HS/11/4
Earliest possible date: 5 January 1849
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Robert John Kane

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Robert John Kane, Letter, from Robert John Kane to Sir John Herschel, dated at 51 Stephens Green, Dublin, 5 January 1849, HS/11/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_4/letter-from-robert-john-kane-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-51-stephens-green-dublin, accessed on 17 May 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 11 Kane-L miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/11

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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