Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/23/175
Date: 31 July 1856
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Copy of a letter, with diagrams. Clarifies letter on motion and structure modification of glaciers. John Frederick William Herschel thinks glacier ice unfavorable for exhibiting John Tyndall's phenomenon [see John Tyndall's 1856-7-30].
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- HS/23/175
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- 31 July 1856
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall, dated at Collingwood, 31 July 1856, HS/23/175, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_175/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-tyndall-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 04 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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John Tyndall
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