Letter, from Sir William Pole to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Storey's Gate
Reference number: HS/14/29
Date: 18 March 1869
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Notices in letter of last May John Frederick William Herschel's postscript about the rate of color blindness occurring to overworked or ill artists, and doubts it becomes di-chromic, but merely a 'weakness' of vision.
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- HS/14/29
- Earliest possible date
- 18 March 1869
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Pole, Letter, from Sir William Pole to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Storey's Gate, 18 March 1869, HS/14/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_29/letter-from-sir-william-pole-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-3-storeys-gate, accessed on 16 March 2026
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This item is part of:
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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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