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Copy letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh

Reference number: HS/7/308

Date: 3 February 1847

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Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Comments, after delays due to busyness, on John Frederick William Herschel's queries on the calibration of actinometers and gives results of experiments.

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HS/7/308
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3 February 1847
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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James David Forbes

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James David Forbes, Copy letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 3 February 1847, HS/7/308, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_308/copy-letter-from-james-david-forbes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 25 March 2025

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