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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter from J F W Herschel, Secretary, Royal Society, to JT Cooper

Reference number: DM/3/49B

Date: 19 November 1827

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Draft reply from Herschel asking him to communicate with Dr Young of the Board of Longitude on the subject of Cooper charging the Optical Glass Committee the sum of 30 guineas for the work he undertook for them.

Reference number
DM/3/49B
Earliest possible date
19 November 1827
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1 page
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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J T Cooper

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John Frederick William Herschel, J T Cooper, Letter from J F W Herschel, Secretary, Royal Society, to JT Cooper, 19 November 1827, DM/3/49B, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/dm_3_49b/letter-from-j-f-w-herschel-secretary-royal-society-to-jt-cooper, accessed on 12 February 2026

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