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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James Prescott Joule, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/216

Date: 26 December 1857

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Copy of a letter. Thanks JJ for the counterfeit coin he sent; John Frederick William Herschel comments on the possibility of oval coinage.

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HS/23/216
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26 December 1857
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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 James Prescott Joule, dated at Collingwood, 26 December 1857, HS/23/216, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_216/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-james-prescott-joule-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 20 April 2025

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