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Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona

Reference number: HS/15/404

Date: 4 December 1849

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends account of rainbow-like atmospheric phenomena; asks John Frederick William Herschel for an explanation. Remarks on American empirical discoveries. Too many hypotheses being put forward, including [Daniel] Kirkwood'

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HS/15/404
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4 December 1849
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Heinrich Christian Schumacher

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Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona, 4 December 1849, HS/15/404, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_404/letter-from-heinrich-christian-schumacher-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-altona, accessed on 03 December 2024

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