Letter, from Sir Richard Owen to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal College of Surgeons
Reference number: HS/13/193
Date: 17 July 1848
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been condensing his contribution to the Admiralty Manual, now reduced to forty pages; comments on this. The Westminster fever delayed the Admiralty manuscript.
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- HS/13/193
- Earliest possible date
- 17 July 1848
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Richard Owen, Letter, from Sir Richard Owen to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal College of Surgeons, 17 July 1848, HS/13/193, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_193/letter-from-sir-richard-owen-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-college-of-surgeons, accessed on 16 May 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 13 M miscellaneous-Plana
1812-1869 Reference number: HS/13
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Richard Owen
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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