Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at 32 Harley St.
Reference number: HS/25/10/3
Date: 4 January 1853

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Copy of a letter. Thanks George Gabriel Stokes for his paper on fluorescent spectra; John Frederick William Herschel is interested in having these rays used on quartz, hoping to find his 'thermic' rays acting.
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- HS/25/10/3
- Earliest possible date
- 4 January 1853
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at 32 Harley St., 4 January 1853, HS/25/10/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_10_3/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-gabriel-stokes-dated-at-32-harley-st, accessed on 16 February 2025
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This item is part of:
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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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to George Gabriel Stokes, from 13 November 1849 to 19 July 1867
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/10
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John Frederick William Herschel
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