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Letter, from ALS 2pp to Michael Faraday, dated at which George Dollond reports is good. Proposes making a furnace at the Royal Institution. Does JH have any objections?"

Reference number: HS/7/178

Date: 25 November 1828

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has made a piece of glass 5 square which George Dollond reports is good. Proposes making a furnace at the Royal Institution. Does Sir John Frederick William Herschel have any objections?

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HS/7/178
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25 November 1828
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Michael Faraday

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Michael Faraday, Michael Faraday, Letter, from ALS 2pp to Michael Faraday, dated at which George Dollond reports is good. Proposes making a furnace at the Royal Institution. Does JH have any objections?", 25 November 1828, HS/7/178, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_178/letter-from-als-2pp-to-michael-faraday-dated-at-which-george-dollond-reports-is-good-proposes-making-a-furnace-at-the-royal-institution-does-jh-have-any-objections, accessed on 07 October 2026

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