Letter, from John Robison to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh
Reference number: HS/14/383
Date: 17 January 1831
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Describes experiment of [Walter] Trevelyan with heated metals and lead, which produced a variety of sounds. New experiment will be described in [David] Brewster's journal.
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- HS/14/383
- Earliest possible date
- 17 January 1831
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Robison, Letter, from John Robison to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 17 January 1831, HS/14/383, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_383/letter-from-john-robison-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 20 July 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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John Frederick William Herschel
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