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Herschel12830

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[14 August 1861]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0234; Reel 1054
Summary:

Explains JH's objections to JL's shadow-extinction hypothesis of meteors. Believes that several sorts of meteors—magnetoelectric, stony, vaporous, etc.—exist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5815

From:
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie [the elder]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.284
Summary:

Has had no reply from H. P. F. P. Clinton (5th Duke of Newcastle); will write to H. J. Temple (3rd Viscount Palmerston) later if no answer is received.

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John Herschel Project
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