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Letter, from Thomas Thomson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Glasgow

Reference number: HS/17/435

Date: 16 March 1827

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Requests John Frederick William Herschel to read his paper on the properties of chromium at Royal Society [of London] meeting. Discusses the experiments described in the paper.

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HS/17/435
Earliest possible date
16 March 1827
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Thomson

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Thomas Thomson, Letter, from Thomas Thomson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Glasgow, 16 March 1827, HS/17/435, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_435/letter-from-thomas-thomson-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-glasgow, accessed on 07 October 2026

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