Copy letter, from Thomas P. Thompson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Eliot Vale, Blackheath
Reference number: HS/17/347
Date: 10 February 1860
Description
Copy of a letter, with diagrams. Asks John Frederick William Herschel's opinion of a tuning fork design; includes plan of the instrument.
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- HS/17/347
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- 10 February 1860
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Thomas Perronet Thompson, Copy letter, from Thomas P. Thompson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Eliot Vale, Blackheath, 10 February 1860, HS/17/347, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_347/copy-letter-from-thomas-p-thompson-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-eliot-vale-blackheath, accessed on 23 March 2025
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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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Thomas Perronet Thompson
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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