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Copy letter, from Henri Victor Regnault to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Sèvres

Reference number: HS/14/315

Date: 11 August 1857

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Copy of a letter. Apologizes profusely for not having written earlier. Thanks for a wonderful stay in England. Has been pressured into new and undesired positions. Sends porcelain tea service from Sèvres.

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HS/14/315
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11 August 1857
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Henri Victor Regnault

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Henri Victor Regnault, Copy letter, from Henri Victor Regnault to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Sèvres, 11 August 1857, HS/14/315, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_315/copy-letter-from-henri-victor-regnault-to-margaret-brodie-herschel-dated-at-sèvres, accessed on 19 July 2026

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