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Letter, from William Sharp to Sir John Herschel, dated at Rugby

Reference number: HS/17/203

Date: 11 October 1849

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Autograph letter signed by sender, with annotation by Sir John Herschel. Asks John Frederick William Herschel's opinion on a passage from [John] Williams's Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Seas regarding unusual tides in Tahiti and Society Islands.

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HS/17/203
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11 October 1849
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Sharp

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William Sharp, Letter, from William Sharp to Sir John Herschel, dated at Rugby, 11 October 1849, HS/17/203, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_203/letter-from-william-sharp-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-rugby, accessed on 15 May 2026

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