Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame

Reference number: HS/6/116

Date: 20 April 1864

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is ready to hear that he is to have a visit from Willie Herschel. Regrets he cannot entertain friends as he used to. Has been laid up with ill-health. Would like information on how to prepare a chemical precipitate as that forming the sun's surface. Warren de La Rue has written to him.

Reference number: HS/6/116
Earliest possible date: 20 April 1864
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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William Rutter Dawes, Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame, 20 April 1864, HS/6/116, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_116/letter-from-william-rutter-dawes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-hopefield-haddenham-thame, accessed on 14 May 2025

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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 6 D
1820-1873 Reference number: HS/6

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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