Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Adam Sedgwick, dated at Slough

Reference number: HS/15/420

Date: 9 October 1820

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Autograph letter signed by sender, damaged: torn with piece missing. Asks Adam Sedgwick to send him plagiedral quartz for experimentation. Unable to commence Cornish expeditions with Charles Babbage. Requests Adam Sedgwick discuss publication of their [Jo

Reference number: HS/15/420
Earliest possible date: 9 October 1820
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Adam Sedgwick, dated at Slough, 9 October 1820, HS/15/420, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_420/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-adam-sedgwick-dated-at-slough, accessed on 25 June 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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