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Letter, from Thomas P. Thompson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Eliot Vale, Blackheath

Reference number: HS/17/349

Date: 5 October 1868

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for his pamphlet on musical scales.

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HS/17/349
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5 October 1868
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Thomas Perronet Thompson

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Thomas Perronet Thompson, Letter, from Thomas P. Thompson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Eliot Vale, Blackheath, 5 October 1868, HS/17/349, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_349/letter-from-thomas-p-thompson-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-eliot-vale-blackheath, accessed on 09 February 2025

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