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Letter, from Henry Coddington to Sir John Herschel

Reference number: HS/5/354

Date: 15 July 1828

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Mr. Knowles has left college and taken the plates of quartz that illustrated the experiment so well. Sends further explanations of the experiment he previously mentioned to John Frederick William Herschel.

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HS/5/354
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15 July 1828
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Coddington

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Henry Coddington, Letter, from Henry Coddington to Sir John Herschel, 15 July 1828, HS/5/354, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_354/letter-from-henry-coddington-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 14 May 2025

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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