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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/192

Date: 1 April 1857

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Copy of a letter. Reading proofs of John Frederick William Herschel's Essays Q. E. R.; working on an article on meteorology.

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HS/23/192
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1 April 1857
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2 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 Augustus De Morgan, dated at Collingwood, 1 April 1857, HS/23/192, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_192/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-augustus-de-morgan-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 17 December 2025

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