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Autographed letter, incomplete. Regarding experiments on the Mohamet's coffin theory. His son Wilfrid has won a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Reference number
HS/1/330
Earliest possible date
4-6-1856 or earlier
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Incomplete letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Herschel, 4-6-1856 or earlier, HS/1/330, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_330/incomplete-letter-from-george-biddell-airy-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 09 February 2026

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