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

Reference number: HS/15/459

Date: 16 June 1869

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Praises Adam Sedgwick for commencing his fifty-second course of lectures at age 84. Laments his own frailty. Recommends an array of meteorological books . Lists 'useful' meteorological instruments. Mentions family matter

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HS/15/459
Earliest possible date
16 June 1869
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Adam Sedgwick, dated at Collingwood, 16 June 1869, HS/15/459, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_459/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-adam-sedgwick-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 12 February 2025

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