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Draft letter. Replies to John Frederick William Herschel's 1865-5-16, expressing thanks for materials sent. Comments on temperature.

Reference number
HS/10/165a
Earliest possible date
16 May 1865
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to J. Park Harrison, 16 May 1865, HS/10/165a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_165a/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-j-park-harrison, accessed on 11 September 2026

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    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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