Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/17/409a
Date: 23 October 1870
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Draft in John Herschel's hand. Thanks for paper on action of rays 'of high refrangibility' on gases and vapors. Attempts to understand reflection of wave motion on particles with diameters 'incomparably smaller' than length of wave.
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- HS/17/409a
- Earliest possible date
- 23 October 1870
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall, dated at Collingwood, 23 October 1870, HS/17/409a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_409a/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-tyndall-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 11 August 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 Frederick William Herschel
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John Tyndall
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