Letter, from Humphry Davy to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/6/42
Description
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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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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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 12 May 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
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Humphry Davy
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John Frederick William Herschel
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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.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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