Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Grey, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/22/105
Date: 27 December 1841
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Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. GG's book [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in the North-West and Western Australia, 2 vols. (London: Boone, 1841)] is creating a sensation in London. Pleased to learn from it of the range of mountains named after John Frederick William Herschel. Hopes GG will carry out some study into the Aboriginal dialects. Standards of weight and measure should be sent to all Colonies. Important to have a magnetic survey of all colonized and colonizable parts of Australia.
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- HS/22/105
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- 27 December 1841
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- 8 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Grey, dated at Collingwood, 27 December 1841, HS/22/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_105/copy-of-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-grey-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 24 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 22 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/22
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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