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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Michael Faraday, dated at Kensington

Reference number: HS/26/39

Date: 6 June 1828

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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Describes the tests John Frederick William Herschel made on a small glass prism of not very high quality, which John Frederick William Herschel has left at the Royal Institution.

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HS/26/39
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6 June 1828
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Michael Faraday, dated at Kensington, 6 June 1828, HS/26/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_26_39/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-michael-faraday-dated-at-kensington, accessed on 06 November 2024

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