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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Joshua Cooper, dated at Slough

Reference number: HS/22/30

Date: 2 November 1839

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Copy of a letter. Thanks for observations; comments on one of his own observations; notes imminent move to Collingwood and birth of seventh child.

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HS/22/30
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2 November 1839
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1 page
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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 Edward Joshua Cooper, dated at Slough, 2 November 1839, HS/22/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_30/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-joshua-cooper-dated-at-slough, accessed on 18 April 2026

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