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Letter, from Joseph Jopling to Sir John Herschel, dated at 6 Vassall Terrace

Reference number: HS/10/427

Date: 5 March 1863

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Several of the illustrations in John Frederick William Herschel's Outlines Astr. have a familiar look. Doubtless all based on eternal laws. Comments on his own theories.

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HS/10/427
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5 March 1863
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Jopling

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Joseph Jopling, Letter, from Joseph Jopling to Sir John Herschel, dated at 6 Vassall Terrace, 5 March 1863, HS/10/427, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_427/letter-from-joseph-jopling-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-6-vassall-terrace, accessed on 17 April 2026

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