Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/23/217
Date: 20 January 1858
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Copy of a letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Feeling better, but writing still painful. Writing articles on meteorology and geology for Encyclopaedia Britannica. May use information from her Physical Geography.
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- HS/23/217
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- 20 January 1858
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville, dated at Collingwood, 20 January 1858, HS/23/217, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_217/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-mary-somerville-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 25 March 2025
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