Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Davies Gilbert, dated at 56 Devonshire St.

Reference number: HS/20/252

Date: 17 April 1827

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Copy of a letter. On the poor functioning of the Royal Society [of London] Glass Committee.

Reference number: HS/20/252
Earliest possible date: 17 April 1827
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Davies Gilbert, dated at 56 Devonshire St., 17 April 1827, HS/20/252, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_252/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-davies-gilbert-dated-at-56-devonshire-st, accessed on 18 March 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 20 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/20

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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

Dates: 1807 - 1875

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