Letter, from Roderick Impey Murchison to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Bryanston Place

Reference number: HS/12/384

Date: 20 January 1831

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Autograph letter signed by sender. John Frederick William Herschel's request for one hundred copies of the abstract was discussed at the Geological Society yesterday and it was decided to print the whole paper in the Transactions.

Reference number: HS/12/384
Earliest possible date: 20 January 1831
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Roderick Impey Murchison

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Roderick Impey Murchison, Letter, from Roderick Impey Murchison to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Bryanston Place, 20 January 1831, HS/12/384, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_384/letter-from-roderick-impey-murchison-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-3-bryanston-place, accessed on 13 September 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 12 Macann-Murray
1825-1870 Reference number: HS/12

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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