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Letter, from Karl Emil Schaffheütl to Sir John Herschel, dated at Academy of Science, Munich

Reference number: HS/17/172

Date: 15 May 1845

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Updates and requests opinion on KS's newly devised 'universal photometer.'

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HS/17/172
Earliest possible date
15 May 1845
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Karl Emil Schaffheütl

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Karl Emil Schaffheütl, Letter, from Karl Emil Schaffheütl to Sir John Herschel, dated at Academy of Science, Munich, 15 May 1845, HS/17/172, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_172/letter-from-karl-emil-schaffheütl-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-academy-of-science-munich, accessed on 10 May 2026

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