Letter, from John Tyndall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Institution
Reference number: HS/17/387
Date: 20 March 1857
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Remarks on physical properties of ice and their bearing on glacial phenomena. Asks for help inventing term for idea of 'fracture and renewal' of glacial bendings.
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- HS/17/387
- Earliest possible date
- 20 March 1857
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Tyndall, Letter, from John Tyndall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Institution, 20 March 1857, HS/17/387, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_387/letter-from-john-tyndall-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-institution, accessed on 22 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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John Tyndall
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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