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Autograph letter signed by sender. John Tyndall left London in a hurry, but he has urged the claims of John Frederick William Herschel's son [Alexander] as a professor at the School of Mines.

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HS/10/340
Earliest possible date
6 July 1868
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Henry Bence Jones

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Henry Bence Jones, Letter, from Henry Bence Jones to Sir John Herschel, dated at 84 Brook St., 6 July 1868, HS/10/340, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_340/letter-from-henry-bence-jones-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-84-brook-st, accessed on 17 May 2025

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