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

Reference number: HS/12/422

Date: 24 April 1859

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Autograph letter signed by sender, with diagrams. Comments on Robert Stephenson's theory regarding the presence of fossil plants in Arctic regions and on possible astronomical causes of such fossilization; gives some of his own theories.

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HS/12/422
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24 April 1859
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Roderick Impey Murchison, dated at Collingwood, 24 April 1859, HS/12/422, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_422/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-roderick-impey-murchison-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 11 August 2026

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