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Letter, from George Gabriel Stokes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Pembroke College Cambridge

Reference number: HS/17/27

Date: 6 April 1852

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Asks John Frederick William Herschel questions about a paper on the dispersion of light from beyond the visible violet end of spectrum.

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HS/17/27
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6 April 1852
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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George Gabriel Stokes

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Sir; George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Sir; George Gabriel Stokes, Letter, from George Gabriel Stokes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Pembroke College Cambridge, 6 April 1852, HS/17/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_27/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-pembroke-college-cambridge, accessed on 07 November 2025

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