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Letter, from Christian F. Schönbein to Sir John Herschel, dated at Basle

Reference number: HS/15/355

Date: 8 May 1843

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for earlier letter. Discusses John Frederick William Herschel's work on chemical action of light, with which he is familiar. Sends some papers for John Frederick William Herschel's

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HS/15/355
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8 May 1843
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Christian Friedrich Schönbein

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Christian Friedrich Schönbein, Letter, from Christian F. Schönbein to Sir John Herschel, dated at Basle, 8 May 1843, HS/15/355, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_355/letter-from-christian-f-schönbein-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-basle, accessed on 04 December 2024

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