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Letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College, Cambridge

Reference number: HS/15/421

Date: 13 November 1820

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Discusses study of Oolite beds. Mother recently died. Will bring paper to publisher. Discusses last Cambridge Philosophical Society meeting, [James] Wood, and [E. D.] Clarke. Cannot locate the crystal John Frederick Will

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HS/15/421
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13 November 1820
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Adam Sedgwick

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Adam Sedgwick, Letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College, Cambridge, 13 November 1820, HS/15/421, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_421/letter-from-adam-sedgwick-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-trinity-college-cambridge, accessed on 03 December 2024

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