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Letter, from Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier to Sir John Herschel

Reference number: HS/19/218

Date: February 1824

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Letter in hand of amanuensis, signed by sender, with annotations by Sir John Herschel. Sends notes on a paper which are to be submitted to James South. Also included [?] are copies of the paper for John Frederick William Herschel. Attached is a note by John Frederick William Herschel about the papers of John Frederick William Herschel's father, William.

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HS/19/218
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February 1824
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2 pages
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Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

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Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, Letter, from Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier to Sir John Herschel, February 1824, HS/19/218, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_218/letter-from-jean-baptiste-joseph-fourier-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 22 July 2026

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