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Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Bence Jones, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/10/337

Date: 27 July 1864

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Draft letter. His son informs him of the projected series of lectures at the Royal Institution on weather forecasting and meteorology. Comments on this.

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HS/10/337
Earliest possible date
27 July 1864
Page extent
2 pages
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 Henry Bence Jones, dated at Collingwood, 27 July 1864, HS/10/337, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_337/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-henry-bence-jones-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 18 April 2025

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