Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/23/350
Date: 24 November 1861
Description
Copy of a letter. Finds John Tyndall's work on thermotics 'highly interesting,' although criticizes measurements of 'tenuity' of vapor, and explanation of scattering of sunlight and formation of corona around moon during eclipse.
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- HS/23/350
- Earliest possible date
- 24 November 1861
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Tyndall, dated at Collingwood, 24 November 1861, HS/23/350, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_350/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-tyndall-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 16 May 2025
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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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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