From:
Henry Warburton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 June 1816]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.37
Summary:
Discussed JH's proposed felspar paper [see HW's 1816-4-24] with W. H. Wollaston. Suggests using Wollaston's and [recently deceased Smithson] Tennant's unpublished method to test for alkalis and give Tennant credit for it. James Smithson first coined term 'silicate'.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project