Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [Collingwood]
Reference number: HS/22/313
Date: 21 April 1847
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Copy of a letter. Skeptical over plan for galvanic illumination of wires. Has not yet seen J. B. Biot article; states he has always held Biot in high regard. Discusses naming of new planet.
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- HS/22/313
- Earliest possible date
- 21 April 1847
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [Collingwood], 21 April 1847, HS/22/313, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_313/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-henry-smyth-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 18 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 22 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/22
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John Frederick William Herschel
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William Henry Smyth
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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