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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Miss Cornwallis
Date:
[17 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0131; Reel 1054 (C: RS:HS 23:128)
Summary:

Gratitude for nursing JH's daughter Amelia after severe burns. Taking JH's son William to Folkstone. Regards to Miss Lipscombe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Miss Cornwallis
Date:
[27 January 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0132; Reel 1054 (C: RS:HS 23:142)
Summary:

Rapid changes in science leave JH unable to recommend newest things in organic chemistry. Suggests works by H. V. Regnault or Justus von Liebig, and Lyon Playfair's work on chemistry of foods. Notes error in Liebig's work on body chemistry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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