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Letter from Benjamin Collins Brodie, on a paper 'Further experiments on light' by Henry Lord Brougham to The Royal Society

Reference number: RR/2/38

Date: 23 November 1853

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The writer states that his contact, Henry Lord Brougham, is out of the country at present, and has authorised the writer [Benjamin Collins Brodie] to act on his behalf, asking to withdraw the paper in his name.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry

[Relevant paper published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London]

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RR/2/38
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23 November 1853
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Collins Brodie

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Benjamin Collins Brodie, Letter from Benjamin Collins Brodie, on a paper 'Further experiments on light' by Henry Lord Brougham to The Royal Society, 23 November 1853, RR/2/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_38/letter-from-benjamin-collins-brodie-on-a-paper-further-experiments-on-light-by-henry-lord-brougham-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 07 December 2024

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