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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell

Reference number: HS/22/224

Date: March 1845

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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. Is sending a 'Memoir' [on Francis Baily?] to William Whewell. John Frederick William Herschel and wife but not daughter Caroline will be at Trinity Lodge in June. Comments on a paper by William Hopkins on glaciers.]

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HS/22/224
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March 1845
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, March 1845, HS/22/224, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_224/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-whewell, accessed on 12 February 2026

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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