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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/391

Date: 29 October 1862

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Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Is sending his essay on atoms. Responds to William Whewell's comments on John Frederick William Herschel's Iliad translation. Comments on controversy between G. B. Airy and Edward Sabine.

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HS/23/391
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29 October 1862
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3 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 William Whewell, dated at Collingwood, 29 October 1862, HS/23/391, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_391/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-whewell-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 02 December 2024

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