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

Reference number: HS/12/423

Date: 3 December 1859

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending the syllabus of the Government School of Mines, which should give John Frederick William Herschel all the information. Will be pleased to see him at the Museum if he has any further queries.

Reference number: HS/12/423
Earliest possible date: 3 December 1859
Page extent: 6 pages
Format: 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, 3 December 1859, HS/12/423, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_423/letter-from-roderick-impey-murchison-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-16-belgrave-square, accessed on 13 September 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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