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Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/18/193

Date: 16 April 1841

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Draft in John Herschel's hand. Asks William Whewell to be godfather to John Frederick William Herschel's new daughter, Amelia. In reviewing William Whewell's [Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences] has found many of John Frederick William Herschel's views changing, but cannot accept his dear friend's a prioristic approach.

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HS/18/193
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16 April 1841
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4 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood, 16 April 1841, HS/18/193, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_18_193/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-whewell-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 20 April 2025

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