Letter, from John Tyndall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Queenwood College
Reference number: HS/17/382
Date: 8 November 1851

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends memoirs on magnetism of crystalline bodies. Notes that remarks on atomic mechanism of Iceland spar contrast with John Frederick William Herschel's views expressed in John Frederick William Herschel's Light.
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- HS/17/382
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- 8 November 1851
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Tyndall, Letter, from John Tyndall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Queenwood College, 8 November 1851, HS/17/382, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_382/letter-from-john-tyndall-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-queenwood-college, accessed on 09 February 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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John Tyndall
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