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Letter, from Richard John Nelson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Stoke, Devonport

Reference number: HS/13/116

Date: 1 December 1870

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Obliged for John Frederick William Herschel's kind and complete reply to his query on zodiacal light. Hopes the diagram will be included in the next edition of John Frederick William Herschel's book. Would like to include John Frederick William Herschel's visiting card in his album.

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HS/13/116
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1 December 1870
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3 pages
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Richard John Nelson

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Richard John Nelson, Letter, from Richard John Nelson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Stoke, Devonport, 1 December 1870, HS/13/116, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_116/letter-from-richard-john-nelson-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-stoke-devonport, accessed on 19 July 2026

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