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Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Henry Dallmeyer, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/6/6

Date: 19 February 1867

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Draft letter. Outlining suitability of various types of glass for optical work. Gives details of theories of his reading lenses and calls attention to one of his own papers in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for 1821.

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HS/6/6
Earliest possible date
19 February 1867
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Henry Dallmeyer, dated at Collingwood, 19 February 1867, HS/6/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_6/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-henry-dallmeyer-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 11 December 2024

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