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Letter, from George Gabriel Stokes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Laurel Lodge, Barnet

Reference number: HS/17/34

Date: 9 July 1856

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Autographed letter . Continues comments on fluorescence from letter of 1856-7-8; then shows mathematically that John Frederick William Herschel's solution for the problem of Mahomet's coffin [see George Gabriel Stokes's 1856-7-1] will not work.

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HS/17/34
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9 July 1856
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8 pages
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Manuscript
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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 Laurel Lodge, Barnet, 9 July 1856, HS/17/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_34/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-laurel-lodge-barnet, accessed on 13 April 2026

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