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
- Earliest possible date
- 12 June 1869
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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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 22 March 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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Adam Sedgwick
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John Frederick William Herschel
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