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Copy letter, from John Dalton to Sir John Herschel, dated at Manchester

Reference number: HS/6/466

Date: 28 February 1833

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Copy of a letter. Thanks for sending him his paper on sound. Comments on this and gives some of his own findings on this subject.

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HS/6/466
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28 February 1833
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Dalton

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John Dalton, Copy letter, from John Dalton to Sir John Herschel, dated at Manchester, 28 February 1833, HS/6/466, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_466/copy-letter-from-john-dalton-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-manchester, accessed on 12 December 2024

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