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Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at India House

Reference number: HS/17/149

Date: 15 January 1852

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Agrees with papers demonstrating falsity of present methods of correcting barometer for moisture and 'dogma of one gas being a vacuum to another.'

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HS/17/149
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15 January 1852
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry Sykes

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William Henry Sykes, Letter, from William Henry Sykes to Sir John Herschel, dated at India House, 15 January 1852, HS/17/149, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_149/letter-from-william-henry-sykes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-india-house, accessed on 09 February 2025

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