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From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 May 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.271
Summary:

Has performed some Newton's rings interference experiments. Asks whether such experiments have already been communicated to the R.S.L.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel1321

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 May 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.272
Summary:

Trying to understand David Brewster's results on absorption of light in gaseous state, and the dark lines in solar spectrum, the cause of which he misunderstands.

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John Herschel Project
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