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

Reference number: HS/15/425

Date: 11 April 1845

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Discusses meetings of B.A.A.S. Describes [Robert Chambers's] Vestiges of Creation as a 'singularly shallow work.' Asks various astronomical questions of John Frederick William Herschel. Says the author misunderstands P.

Reference number: HS/15/425
Earliest possible date: 11 April 1845
Page extent: 8 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Adam Sedgwick, Letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge, 11 April 1845, HS/15/425, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_425/letter-from-adam-sedgwick-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 18 May 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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