Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/22/53
Date: 31 May 1840
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Copy of a letter. Royal Society [of London] business about an observatory at the North Cape in Sweden.
- Reference number
- HS/22/53
- Earliest possible date
- 31 May 1840
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood, 31 May 1840, HS/22/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_53/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-william-lubbock-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 19 January 2026
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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John William Lubbock
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