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Letter, from [Sir] R[ichard] Phillips to Sir John Herschel, dated at Birmingham

Reference number: HS/14/159

Date: 1827

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Receives copy of John Frederick William Herschel's Light. Invites him to Birmingham.

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HS/14/159
Earliest possible date
1827
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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Sir Richard Phillips

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Sir Richard Phillips, Letter, from [Sir] R[ichard] Phillips to Sir John Herschel, dated at Birmingham, 1827, HS/14/159, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_159/letter-from-sir-richard-phillips-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-birmingham, accessed on 17 September 2026

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