Letter, from John Tyndall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Institution
Reference number: HS/17/399
Date: 7 February 1865
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends copy of John Tyndall's '3rd Memoir,' along with specimens of liquid mercury ethyl and mercury methyl from discoverers Edward Frankland and B. F. Duppa.
- Reference number
- HS/17/399
- Earliest possible date
- 7 February 1865
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Tyndall, John Tyndall, Letter, from John Tyndall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Institution, 7 February 1865, HS/17/399, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_399/letter-from-john-tyndall-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-institution, accessed on 12 August 2026
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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