Copy letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Frederick William Herschel, dated at Cruise's Hotel, Limerick

Reference number: HS/1/139

Date: 30 July 1844

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Copy of letter, in unknown hand. Does not believe that a magnetic congress held at this time would be productive or representative; a better job could be done by letter.

Reference number: HS/1/139
Earliest possible date: 30 July 1844
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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George Biddell Airy, Copy letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Frederick William Herschel, dated at Cruise's Hotel, Limerick, 30 July 1844, HS/1/139, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_139/copy-letter-from-george-biddell-airy-to-sir-john-frederick-william-herschel-dated-at-cruises-hotel-limerick, accessed on 11 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 1 Abbe-Auwers
1819-1875 Reference number: HS/1

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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