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Copy of a letter. Thanks for William Robert Grove's Correlation of Physical Forces; John Frederick William Herschel is still uncertain about the nature of heat.

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HS/23/379
Earliest possible date
1862
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Robert Grove, 1862, HS/23/379, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_379/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-robert-grove, accessed on 24 June 2025

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    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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