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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Matthew Fontaine Maury, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/268

Date: 31 July 1859

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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. Acknowledges the proof sheets of the new edition of the Physical Geography of the Sea. Will read them with the attention they deserve. Does not at present agree with the theories of Matthew Maury.

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HS/23/268
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31 July 1859
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4 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 Matthew Fontaine Maury, dated at Collingwood, 31 July 1859, HS/23/268, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_268/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-matthew-fontaine-maury-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 22 January 2025

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