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Letter, from John Tyndall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Queenwood College

Reference number: HS/17/383

Date: 10 January 1852

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to keep memoirs John Tyndall sent with regard to John Tyndall's application for position at University of Sydney.

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HS/17/383
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10 January 1852
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1 page
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Manuscript

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John Tyndall

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John Tyndall, Letter, from John Tyndall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Queenwood College, 10 January 1852, HS/17/383, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_383/letter-from-john-tyndall-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-queenwood-college, accessed on 22 March 2025

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