Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Lindley, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/22/221
Date: 6 January 1844
Description
Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. [Responding to John Lindley's 1844-12-30], declines John Lindley's request that John Frederick William Herschel write a series of articles on meteorology, because of John Frederick William Herschel's need to work on the manuscript for John Frederick William Herschel's Cape Results. Hopes eventually to write on meteorology.
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- HS/22/221
- Earliest possible date
- 6 January 1844
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Lindley, dated at Collingwood, 6 January 1844, HS/22/221, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_221/copy-of-draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-lindley-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 07 June 2026
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