Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Michael Faraday, dated at Devonshire St.

Reference number: HS/7/171

Date: 27 May 1826

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Contemporary copy of the letter. [More detailed version of John Frederick William Herschel's 1826-5-26]. Has mentioned it to Humphry Davy.

Reference number: HS/7/171
Earliest possible date: 27 May 1826
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Michael Faraday, dated at Devonshire St., 27 May 1826, HS/7/171, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_171/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-michael-faraday-dated-at-devonshire-st, accessed on 12 June 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 7 Eardley Wilmot-F
1820-1871 Reference number: HS/7

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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