Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Humphrey Lloyd, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/202

Date: 28 May 1857

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Copy of a letter. Regrets that he cannot attend B.A.A.S. meeting and stay with Humphrey Lloyd; thanks Humphrey Lloyd for his paper on the undulating theory.

Reference number: HS/23/202
Earliest possible date: 28 May 1857
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Humphrey Lloyd, dated at Collingwood, 28 May 1857, HS/23/202, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_202/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-humphrey-lloyd-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 24 June 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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