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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

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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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