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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alexander von Humboldt, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/89

Date: 7 August 1850

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Copy of a letter. Offers some information on 'Coal Sacks' in Southern Cross [see Alexander von Humboldt's 1850-7-31]. Happy to hear that volume 3 of Kosmos is near completion.

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HS/23/89
Earliest possible date
7 August 1850
Page extent
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 Alexander von Humboldt, dated at Collingwood, 7 August 1850, HS/23/89, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_89/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-alexander-von-humboldt-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 04 December 2024

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