Letter, from Thomas Andrews to Sir John Herschel, dated at Queens College, Belfast

Reference number: HS/1/346

Date: 31 January 1871

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Replying to John Frederick William Herschel's letter of 24 Jan. 1871. Thanking him for his suggestions. Has not seen John Frederick William Herschel's Cape Observations. Has seen report of R. W. Bunsen's experiments. Comments on these experiments.

Reference number: HS/1/346
Earliest possible date: 31 January 1871
Page extent: 6 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Thomas Andrews, Letter, from Thomas Andrews to Sir John Herschel, dated at Queens College, Belfast, 31 January 1871, HS/1/346, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_346/letter-from-thomas-andrews-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-queens-college-belfast, accessed on 24 June 2025

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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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