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Letter, from Robert Ellis Dudgeon to Sir John Herschel, dated at 53 Montagu Square

Reference number: HS/6/508

Date: 23 February 1871

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Relating his recent experiments in dioptrics. Encloses a model of his air-lens. Is grateful for the reference.

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HS/6/508
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23 February 1871
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Ellis Dudgeon

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Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Letter, from Robert Ellis Dudgeon to Sir John Herschel, dated at 53 Montagu Square, 23 February 1871, HS/6/508, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_508/letter-from-robert-ellis-dudgeon-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-53-montagu-square, accessed on 01 December 2024

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