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

Reference number: HS/15/458

Date: 12 June 1869

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Wilberforce Clarke, the nephew of an old friend, has been appointed to a meteorological observatory. He needs a list of useful books and instruments for his job from John Frederick William Herschel.

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HS/15/458
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12 June 1869
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4 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 Cambridge, 12 June 1869, HS/15/458, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_458/letter-from-adam-sedgwick-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 03 December 2024

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