Letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Pitlochry
Reference number: HS/7/316
Date: 16 July 1858
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has he read John Tyndall's paper on the plasticity of ice and the theory of glaciers? Indebted to Michael Faraday for some excellent observations and the term 'Regulation.'
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- HS/7/316
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- 16 July 1858
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- 2 pages
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James David Forbes, Letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Pitlochry, 16 July 1858, HS/7/316, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_316/letter-from-james-david-forbes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-pitlochry, accessed on 25 March 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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