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, 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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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 26 letters related to specific topics
1823-1854 Reference number: HS/26
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Michael Faraday
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