Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/17/407
Date: 30 May 1869
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Contemporary copy of the letter, with diagrams. Suggests experiments with regard to polarization and vaporization, and comets' tails.
- Reference number
- HS/17/407
- Earliest possible date
- 30 May 1869
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall, dated at Collingwood, 30 May 1869, HS/17/407, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_407/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-tyndall-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 13 April 2026
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