Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Andrews, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/1/345

Date: 24 January 1871

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanking him for his paper on heat developed in combination of acids and bases. Commenting on the various makes of calorimeters.

Reference number: HS/1/345
Earliest possible date: 24 January 1871
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Andrews, dated at Collingwood, 24 January 1871, HS/1/345, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_345/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-thomas-andrews-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 16 May 2025

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Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Andrews, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/24/344

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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 1 Abbe-Auwers
1819-1875 Reference number: HS/1

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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