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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/11/394

Date: 15 August 1861

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Copy of a letter. Has got his paper on shooting stars. Comments on John William Lubbock's theories of meteors. Pleased to hear a favorable account of Montague Lubbock.

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HS/11/394
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15 August 1861
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood, 15 August 1861, HS/11/394, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_394/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-william-lubbock-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 24 January 2026

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