Letter, from Luke Howard to Sir John Herschel, dated at Tottenham
Reference number: HS/10/8
Date: 15 May 1847
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has directed the printers, Taylors, to send John Frederick William Herschel's booksellers the parts of the Barometrographia as issued, free of all costs. The science of meteorology attracts little attention at the moment.
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- HS/10/8
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- 15 May 1847
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Luke Howard, Letter, from Luke Howard to Sir John Herschel, dated at Tottenham, 15 May 1847, HS/10/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_8/letter-from-luke-howard-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-tottenham, accessed on 13 August 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 10 Howard-J miscellaneous
1816-1871 Reference number: HS/10
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Luke Howard
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John Frederick William Herschel
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