RefNo | HS/5/256 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Edward Daniel Clarke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge |
Creator | Clarke; Edward Daniel (1769-1822); naturalist; mineralogist; clergyman |
Date | 1 December 1816 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Chemical experiments with Edward Daniel Clarke's blowpipe. Discovered cause of blowpipe explosions. Thank Mrs. Lowry for carbon substance sent to Edward Daniel Clarke. Sent metal of Baryta to W. H. Wollaston. Suspects metallic nature of carbon and diamond. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Cambridge |
Origin coordinates | 52.19413, 0.12226 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6490
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |