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Forwarding papers from [Mary] Somerville from Rome on the action of rays of the spectrum on vegetable juices, relating to the coloration of heat.

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MC/4/92
Earliest possible date
2 November 1845
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood, to the Marquis of Northampton, [President of the Royal Society], 2 November 1845, MC/4/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mc_4_92/letter-from-sir-john-frederick-william-herschel-collingwood-to-the-marquis-of-northampton-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 17 February 2026

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