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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. Thanks for William Whewell's paper on Aristotle. Discusses the philosophical meaning of the term conception. Mentions a visitation to the universities involving the Royal Commission on the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge [on which John Frederick William Herschel eventually served].

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HS/23/86
Earliest possible date
5 May 1850
Page extent
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 William Whewell, dated at Collingwood, 5 May 1850, HS/23/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_86/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-whewell-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 02 December 2024

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