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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

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1 letter from Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne; 0 letters from John Frederick William Herschel

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Death of Sir John Herschel, at Collingwood, Kent

11 May 1871

Sir John Herschel is buried at Westminster Abbey

19 May 1871

Autograph letter signed by sender. His colleague, [G. R.] Waterhouse, has passed an inquiry from John Frederick William Herschel to NM regarding a mineralogical character. It is a specimen of Obsidian, very high in iron content.

16 February 1871 Sender: Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne Reference number: HS/13/24