Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alfred P. Wire, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/23/340
Date: 26 September 1861
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Copy of a letter. Alfred P. Wire's 'Thaumatrope' is ingenious, but applies only to periodic movement. John Frederick William Herschel aims to reproduce non-periodic motion. Commends Alfred P. Wire's suggestion to employ government schoolmasters as meteoro
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- HS/23/340
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- 26 September 1861
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- 1 page
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John Frederick William Herschel
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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alfred P. Wire, dated at Collingwood, 26 September 1861, HS/23/340, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_340/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-alfred-p-wire-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 11 November 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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