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Letter, from Roderick Impey Murchison to Sir John Herschel, dated at 16 Belgrave Square

Reference number: HS/12/406

Date: 18 April 1844

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Regrets he made a mistake in his letter; he meant 1845, not 1846. William Whewell has been overruled and the B.A.A.S. are to meet at Cambridge in June 1845.

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HS/12/406
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18 April 1844
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4 pages
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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 16 Belgrave Square, 18 April 1844, HS/12/406, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_406/letter-from-roderick-impey-murchison-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-16-belgrave-square, accessed on 13 September 2026

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