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

Reference number: HS/23/363

Date: 26 February 1863

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Copy of a letter. Comments on family health; asks Augustus De Morgan if he has read James Challis on the topics of the ether and of zodiacal light.

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HS/23/363
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26 February 1863
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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 Augustus De Morgan, dated at Collingwood, 26 February 1863, HS/23/363, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_363/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-augustus-de-morgan-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 04 December 2024

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