Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan
Reference number: HS/23/183
Date: 11 November 1856
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Copy of a letter. Comments on the state of John Frederick William Herschel's health, color blindness, missing the Royal Astronomical Society Notices, and decimal coinage.
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- HS/23/183
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- 11 November 1856
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan, 11 November 1856, HS/23/183, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_183/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-augustus-de-morgan, accessed on 11 February 2026
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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 23 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/23
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Herschel Letters
This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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