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Letter, from J. Park Harrison to Sir John Herschel, dated at Emhurst, Guildford

Reference number: HS/10/165

Date: 16 May 1865

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending a curve of mean temperature [of the moon]. Comments on this. Is to be printed in the proceedings of the Royal Society [of London]

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HS/10/165
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16 May 1865
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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J. Park Harrison

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J. Park Harrison, Letter, from J. Park Harrison to Sir John Herschel, dated at Emhurst, Guildford, 16 May 1865, HS/10/165, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_165/letter-from-j-park-harrison-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-emhurst-guildford, accessed on 11 September 2026

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