Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/17/386
Date: 17 March 1857
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Copy of a letter. Thanks for lecture on glacier cleavage. Wonders how 'regelation' occurs when two masses of ice at 32° are placed in contact.
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- HS/17/386
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- 17 March 1857
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall, dated at Collingwood, 17 March 1857, HS/17/386, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_386/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-tyndall-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 18 April 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 Frederick William Herschel
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John Tyndall
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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