Letter, from Thomas Graham to Sir John Herschel, dated at Great Malvern

Reference number: HS/8/231

Date: 19 August 1869

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Autograph letter signed by sender. His letter has been forwarded. John Frederick William Herschel's correspondence with the Mint to which J. G. Hubbard refers has been published in the Report of the Commissioners on International Coinage 1868. Thinks expansion of mercurial amalgam is due to hydrogen. Hopes John Frederick William Herschel will accept a small medallion.

Reference number: HS/8/231
Earliest possible date: 19 August 1869
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Thomas Graham, Letter, from Thomas Graham to Sir John Herschel, dated at Great Malvern, 19 August 1869, HS/8/231, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_231/letter-from-thomas-graham-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-great-malvern, accessed on 22 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 8 Galbraith-J Grahame
1810-1870 Reference number: HS/8

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