Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Roderick Impey Murchison, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/12/419
Date: 25 March 1859
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Draft letter. Sending details of his idea for a new projection of the sphere. If printed will need the maps re-engraved.
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- HS/12/419
- Earliest possible date
- 25 March 1859
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Roderick Impey Murchison, dated at Collingwood, 25 March 1859, HS/12/419, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_419/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-roderick-impey-murchison-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 11 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 12 Macann-Murray
1825-1870 Reference number: HS/12
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Roderick Impey Murchison
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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