Letter, from Henry Clifton Sorby to Sir John Herschel, dated at Sheffield
Reference number: HS/17/220
Date: 6 September 1856
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Autograph letter signed by sender. In response to John Frederick William Herschel's letter to John Tyndall, explains views on the mechanical nature of geological phenomenon of slaty cleavage.
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- HS/17/220
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- 6 September 1856
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Clifton Sorby, Letter, from Henry Clifton Sorby to Sir John Herschel, dated at Sheffield, 6 September 1856, HS/17/220, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_220/letter-from-henry-clifton-sorby-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-sheffield, accessed on 24 March 2025
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This item is part of:
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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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Henry Clifton Sorby
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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