Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Romney Robinson, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/23/245
Date: 19 June 1858
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Copy of a letter. Thanks TR for his paper on magnetism and his article on speculae. Discusses [J. P.] Gassiot's work on galvanic stratification. John Frederick William Herschel's health is better.
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- HS/23/245
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- 19 June 1858
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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 Thomas Romney Robinson, dated at Collingwood, 19 June 1858, HS/23/245, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_245/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-thomas-romney-robinson-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 22 January 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 23 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/23
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Thomas Romney Robinson
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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