From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Prescott Joule
Date:
[26 December 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.216
Summary:
Thanks JJ for the counterfeit coin he sent; JH comments on the possibility of oval coinage.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Thanks JJ for the counterfeit coin he sent; JH comments on the possibility of oval coinage.
Thanks for his paper on amalgams. Regarding the amalgam of iron, he pointed it out many years ago in his Bakerian lecture. Would be interesting to experiment further with iron in solution of mercury.