Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Wheatstone, dated at [Slough]
Reference number: HS/25/11/12
Date: 1839?
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Copy of letter, copied by Robert Sabine [Charles Wheatstone's son-in-law] as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Checked by Isabella Herschel in 1876. Too ill to attend a demonstration by Charles Wheatstone of one of Charles Wheatstone's instruments [?].
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- HS/25/11/12
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- 1839?
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- 1 page
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Wheatstone, dated at [Slough], 1839?, HS/25/11/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_11_12/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-wheatstone-dated-at-slough, accessed on 20 April 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 Charles Wheatstone, from 8 September 1835 to 30 June 1849
1876 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/11
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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