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Autograph letter signed by sender. Informs John Frederick William Herschel that he wrote a book on Baconian philosophy inspired by John Frederick William Herschel's Prelim. Discourse.

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HS/17/455
Earliest possible date
10 March 1857
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Samuel Tyler

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Samuel Tyler, Letter, from Samuel Tyler to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trevenick City, Md., 10 March 1857, HS/17/455, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_455/letter-from-samuel-tyler-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-trevenick-city-md, accessed on 11 July 2025

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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