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Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to D. Francois J. Arago

Reference number: HS/1/353

Date: 14 February 1830

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Draft letter. Thanking him for his letter and announcement that he has been made a foreign correspondent of the Royal Academy of Sciences of France. [Also contains part of a letter to J. B. J. Fourier which is copied out fully in HS.21.58.]

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HS/1/353
Earliest possible date
14 February 1830
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to D. Francois J. Arago, 14 February 1830, HS/1/353, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_353/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-d-francois-j-arago, accessed on 21 May 2026

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