Letter, from John Tyndall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Clifton
Reference number: HS/17/408
Date: 16 November 1869
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is delighted with John Frederick William Herschel's exposition of colors of thin plates and of measurements of a wave of light in Familiar Lectures. Asks permission to quote from it.
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- HS/17/408
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- 16 November 1869
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Tyndall, John Tyndall, Letter, from John Tyndall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Clifton, 16 November 1869, HS/17/408, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_408/letter-from-john-tyndall-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-clifton, accessed on 08 March 2026
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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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