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

Reference number: HS/12/421

Date: 22 April 1859

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for the memoir on his ingenious projection. Now sends a short theoretical view of Robert Stephenson on the astronomical reasons for fossil plants in the Arctic regions. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's comments.

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HS/12/421
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22 April 1859
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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, 22 April 1859, HS/12/421, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_421/letter-from-roderick-impey-murchison-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-16-belgrave-square, accessed on 13 September 2026

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