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Letter, from Roderick Impey Murchison to Sir John Herschel, dated at Purley Hall, Reading

Reference number: HS/12/437

Date: 19 August 1867

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for a copy of 'Spaziergang' in Latin verses. Envies John Frederick William Herschel's varied accomplishments. Fourth edition of his Siluria will be issued in October. Relates how James Croll was appointed a geological surveyor in Scotland.

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HS/12/437
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19 August 1867
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4 pages
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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 Purley Hall, Reading, 19 August 1867, HS/12/437, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_437/letter-from-roderick-impey-murchison-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-purley-hall-reading, accessed on 13 September 2026

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