Letter, from Charles Wheatstone to Sir John Herschel, dated at 20 Conduit St.

Reference number: HS/18/146

Date: 13 May 1835

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Returns Mary Herschel's repaired concertina. Sends Charles Wheatstone's recent paper on velocity of electricity [Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 124 (1834)]. Electrical experiments Charles Wheatstone is planning. Appointed professor of experimental philosophy at King's College.

Reference number: HS/18/146
Earliest possible date: 13 May 1835
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Charles Wheatstone, Letter, from Charles Wheatstone to Sir John Herschel, dated at 20 Conduit St., 13 May 1835, HS/18/146, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_18_146/letter-from-charles-wheatstone-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-20-conduit-st, accessed on 17 July 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 18 Wackerbarth-Zucchini
1815-1870 Reference number: HS/18

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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