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, 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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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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Adam Sedgwick
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John Frederick William Herschel
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