Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at London
Reference number: HS/25/10/5
Date: 27 August 1854
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Copy of a letter. Comments on color as a sensation, and on George Gabriel Stokes's thoughts on 'lavender rays.'
- Reference number
- HS/25/10/5
- Earliest possible date
- 27 August 1854
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at London, 27 August 1854, HS/25/10/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_10_5/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-gabriel-stokes-dated-at-london, accessed on 23 January 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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George Gabriel Stokes
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