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Herschel10769

From:
Robert Hunt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.122
Summary:

Has been pursuing his magnetic experiments with crystals and will be publishing a memoir on them. Comments on these experiment. Is there a difference in the mass of the earth at the poles?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10770

From:
Robert Hunt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 June 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.123
Summary:

Is giving a series of lectures at the Collegiate Institution. Has made some interesting discoveries recently and has deposited a paper with Faraday for communication to the R.S.L. Comes to the conclusion that chemical action can be suspended by magnetic force. Comments on this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10771

From:
Robert Hunt
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 June 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.124
Summary:

Has often thought of the inactive condition of iron and has made some notes before he received JH's comments. Has overcome all JH's objections to the intrinsic difference in the two poles. Comments on some of these experiments.

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John Herschel Project
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