Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Slough

Reference number: HS/15/74

Date: 15 December 1839

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Regrets deeply the little notice given to the observatories and to Humphrey Lloyd in the Royal Society [of London] President's recent speech. Urges Edward Sabine to comfort Lloyd. States Royal Society [of London] 'is no

Reference number: HS/15/74
Earliest possible date: 15 December 1839
Page extent: 7 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Slough, 15 December 1839, HS/15/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_74/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine-dated-at-slough, accessed on 20 May 2025

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Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Slough
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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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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

Dates: 1807 - 1875

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