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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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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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 17 Stark-V miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/17
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William Henry Sykes
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John Frederick William Herschel
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