Letter, from Philip Melvill to Sir John Herschel, dated at India House
Reference number: HS/13/33
Date: 13 January 1840
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending a list of the principal instruments possessed by Lt. Col. George Everest. Also the last report made by Everest of his observations.
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- HS/13/33
- Earliest possible date
- 13 January 1840
- Page extent
- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Philip Melvill, Letter, from Philip Melvill to Sir John Herschel, dated at India House, 13 January 1840, HS/13/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_33/letter-from-philip-melvill-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-india-house, accessed on 17 June 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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John Frederick William Herschel
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