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Letter, from Balfour Stewart to Sir John Herschel, dated at Alva St., Edinburgh

Reference number: HS/17/237

Date: 25 December 1858

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for testimonial toward BS's appointment to Chair of Natural Philosophy at St. Andrews. Encloses other testimonials.

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HS/17/237
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25 December 1858
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1 page
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Balfour Stewart, Balfour Stewart, Letter, from Balfour Stewart to Sir John Herschel, dated at Alva St., Edinburgh, 25 December 1858, HS/17/237, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_237/letter-from-balfour-stewart-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-alva-st-edinburgh, accessed on 14 February 2026

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