Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall
Reference number: HS/17/399a
Date: 3 March 1866
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Autograph letter signed by sender?. Describes experiment involving viewing spectrum of a light flash as it advances and recedes. [Marked 'not sent on further consideration.']
- Reference number
- HS/17/399a
- Earliest possible date
- 3 March 1866
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall, 3 March 1866, HS/17/399a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_399a/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-tyndall, accessed on 24 January 2026
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