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Incomplete letter, from Jacques Babinet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris

Reference number: HS/3/4

Date: 3 February 1862

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Autographed letter, incomplete. On a static measure for gravity.

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HS/3/4
Earliest possible date
3 February 1862
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Jacques Babinet

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Jacques Babinet, Incomplete letter, from Jacques Babinet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris, 3 February 1862, HS/3/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_4/incomplete-letter-from-jacques-babinet-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-paris, accessed on 12 August 2026

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