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Autograph letter signed by sender. John Frederick William Herschel's second note has prevented him writing to [William?] Nicol. Question of communication must rest with John Barlow and S. H. Christie. Sends a note on the extraction of silver. J. G. Children has a method for the South American Bubble companies. Will have a long paper on electro-chemical phenomena connected with copper sheathing.

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HS/6/42
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Humphry Davy

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Humphry Davy, Letter, from Humphry Davy to Sir John Herschel, HS/6/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_42/letter-from-humphry-davy-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 09 December 2024

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    Dates: 1807-1875

    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

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