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
- Earliest possible date
- 28 February 1833
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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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 15 July 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
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