Letter, from Sir William Pole to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Bird Cage Walk
Reference number: HS/14/21
Date: July 1857
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Explains why his paper on color vision took the artist, dyer, etc., point of view rather than that of scientific chromatology. Willing to investigate a more scientific approach and asks permission for another visit.
- Reference number
- HS/14/21
- Earliest possible date
- July 1857
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Pole, Letter, from Sir William Pole to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Bird Cage Walk, July 1857, HS/14/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_21/letter-from-sir-william-pole-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-3-bird-cage-walk, accessed on 15 March 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 14 Pogson-R miscellaneous
1810-1871 Reference number: HS/14
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William Pole
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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