Letter, from Nevil Story-Maskelyne to Sir John Herschel, dated at British Museum

Reference number: HS/13/24

Date: 16 February 1871

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Autograph letter signed by sender. His colleague, [G. R.] Waterhouse, has passed an inquiry from John Frederick William Herschel to NM regarding a mineralogical character. It is a specimen of Obsidian, very high in iron content.

Reference number: HS/13/24
Earliest possible date: 16 February 1871
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne

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Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne, Letter, from Nevil Story-Maskelyne to Sir John Herschel, dated at British Museum, 16 February 1871, HS/13/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_24/letter-from-nevil-story-maskelyne-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-british-museum, accessed on 12 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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