Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Michael Faraday, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/7/176
Date: 21 July 1828
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Draft letter. Hears that the Board of Longitude is to be dissolved; it will therefore be necessary to seek a new source of income for the continuance of the Optical Glass experiments. Will be guided by Michael Faraday's wish whether to continue the experiments. Charles Anderson has showed him curious experiments with the fusion of Fluor with clay.
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- HS/7/176
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- 21 July 1828
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- 2 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Michael Faraday, dated at Slough, 21 July 1828, HS/7/176, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_176/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-michael-faraday-dated-at-slough, accessed on 13 October 2026
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