Letter, from Charles Wheatstone to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lower Mall, Hammersmith
Reference number: HS/18/155
Date: 30 June 1849
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Will visit John Frederick William Herschel next week. Describes machine Charles Wheatstone will bring to illustrate undulatory theory of light.
- Reference number
- HS/18/155
- Earliest possible date
- 30 June 1849
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Charles Wheatstone, Letter, from Charles Wheatstone to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lower Mall, Hammersmith, 30 June 1849, HS/18/155, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_18_155/letter-from-charles-wheatstone-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-lower-mall-hammersmith, accessed on 17 July 2026
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This item is part of:
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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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Charles Wheatstone
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John Frederick William Herschel
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