Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Davies Gilbert
Reference number: HS/21/1
Date: 1828
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Copy of a letter. Captain [Henry] Foster states that the Admiralty must very shortly receive directions from the Royal Society [of London] concerning the scientific objectives for Foster's voyage.
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- HS/21/1
- Earliest possible date
- 1828
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Davies Gilbert, 1828, HS/21/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_1/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-davies-gilbert, accessed on 23 March 2025
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This item is part of:
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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 21 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/21
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Davies Gilbert
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Herschel Letters
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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