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Letter, from Roderick Impey Murchison to Sir John Herschel, dated at Buxton

Reference number: HS/12/414

Date: 25 August 1846

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Received John Frederick William Herschel's letter without the enclosure from C. P. Schönbein, but has now received a letter from Schönbein. Has advised him to come to the Southampton meeting. Has written his discourse and would welcome a paragraph from John Frederick William Herschel on physical science and on some of the foreigners expected at the meeting. What can he say about Carlo Matteucci? Had letter from William Whewell, who wishes to meet H. C. Oersted.

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HS/12/414
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25 August 1846
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8 pages
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Roderick Impey Murchison, Letter, from Roderick Impey Murchison to Sir John Herschel, dated at Buxton, 25 August 1846, HS/12/414, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_414/letter-from-roderick-impey-murchison-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-buxton, accessed on 13 September 2026

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