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Letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/17/32

Date: 1 July 1856

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Comments on George Gabriel Stokes's ideas [see George Gabriel Stokes's 1856-6-27] about the nature of fluorescence. Asks for strong horseshoe magnets from Royal Society [of London] to try to solve the problem of 'Mahomet's coffin.'

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HS/17/32
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1 July 1856
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7 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood, 1 July 1856, HS/17/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_32/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-gabriel-stokes-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 13 February 2026

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