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Letter, from Giovanni B. Amici to Sir John Herschel, dated at Modena

Reference number: HS/1/338

Date: 11 May 1826

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has a micrometer under construction and gives details. Pietro Prandi has published a second memoir on mercury covered with sulfuric acid.

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HS/1/338
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11 May 1826
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Giovanni Battista Amici

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Giovanni Battista Amici, Letter, from Giovanni B. Amici to Sir John Herschel, dated at Modena, 11 May 1826, HS/1/338, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_338/letter-from-giovanni-b-amici-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-modena, accessed on 14 July 2026

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