Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/25/10/9
Date: 1 July 1856
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Comments on George Gabriel Stokes's ideas [see George Gabriel Stokes's 1856-6-27] about the nature of fluorescence. Asks for strong horseshoe magnets from Royal Society [of London] to try to solve the problem of 'Mahomet's coffin.'
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- HS/25/10/9
- Earliest possible date
- 1 July 1856
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- 7 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood, 1 July 1856, HS/25/10/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_10_9/copy-of-a-letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-to-george-gabriel-stokes-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 18 January 2026
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