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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter from J F W Herschel, Colnbrook, to John Pond

Reference number: MM/6/74

Date: 1 November 1821

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Taking issue with a paper sent to the Royal Society by Josef Hoëné de Wronski on the equilibrium of fluids.

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MM/6/74
Earliest possible date
1 November 1821
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from J F W Herschel, Colnbrook, to John Pond, 1 November 1821, MM/6/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mm_6_74/letter-from-j-f-w-herschel-colnbrook-to-john-pond, accessed on 14 July 2025

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