Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Miss Cornwallis, dated at London
Reference number: HS/23/142
Date: 27 January 1854
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Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Rapid changes in science leave John Frederick William Herschel unable to recommend newest things in organic chemistry. Suggests works by H. V. Regnault or Justus von Liebig, and Lyon Playfair's work on chemistry of foods. Notes error in Liebig's work on body chemistry.
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- HS/23/142
- Earliest possible date
- 27 January 1854
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Miss Cornwallis, dated at London, 27 January 1854, HS/23/142, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_142/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-miss-cornwallis-dated-at-london, accessed on 03 December 2024
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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 23 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/23
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John Frederick William Herschel
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