Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lowestoft
Reference number: HS/18/213
Date: 3 January 1854
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Asks John Frederick William Herschel's opinion of an anonymous book [William Whewell's Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay]. Describes it written 'very fairly' but as presenting views very different from John Frederick William Herschel's.
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- HS/18/213
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- 3 January 1854
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Whewell
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William Whewell, William Whewell, Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lowestoft, 3 January 1854, HS/18/213, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_18_213/letter-from-william-whewell-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-lowestoft, accessed on 12 February 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 18 Wackerbarth-Zucchini
1815-1870 Reference number: HS/18
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William Whewell
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John Frederick William Herschel
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