Letter, from William John Macquorn Rankine to Sir John Herschel, dated at 51 Avenue Road
Reference number: HS/14/469
Date: 20 January 1871
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Will mention John Frederick William Herschel's subject for investigation to Sir William Thomson. Is busy with Committee on Ships of War.
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- HS/14/469
- Earliest possible date
- 20 January 1871
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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William John Macquorn Rankine, Letter, from William John Macquorn Rankine to Sir John Herschel, dated at 51 Avenue Road, 20 January 1871, HS/14/469, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_469/letter-from-william-john-macquorn-rankine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-51-avenue-road, accessed on 17 October 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 John Macquorn Rankine
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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