Letter, from George Gabriel Stokes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Armagh
Reference number: HS/17/78
Date: 28 September 1870
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Comments on John Frederick William Herschel's concerns about actinometric measurements [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1870-9-20]; recommends the study of periodicity of waves on Atlantic Coast.
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- HS/17/78
- Earliest possible date
- 28 September 1870
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- 14 pages
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- Manuscript
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George Gabriel Stokes, Letter, from George Gabriel Stokes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Armagh, 28 September 1870, HS/17/78, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_78/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-armagh, accessed on 02 December 2024
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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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George Gabriel Stokes
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John Frederick William Herschel
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