Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine
Reference number: HS/15/15a
Date: 23 February 1826
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Denies any knowledge of a Royal Society [of London] Council meeting. Trusts the council will make its decisions based on public duty and science, not on the fact that the decision must be defended in l
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- HS/15/15a
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- 23 February 1826
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, 23 February 1826, HS/15/15a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_15a/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 25 April 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 15 Sabine-Selwyn
1820-1870 Reference number: HS/15
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Edward Sabine
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Herschel Letters
This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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