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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Georg Adolph Erman, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/24/349

Date: 26 January 1871

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Copy of a letter. Note to accompany a translation of one of Georg Adolph Erman's writings; also comments on the 'reform' of the German language.

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HS/24/349
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26 January 1871
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2 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 Georg Adolph Erman, dated at Collingwood, 26 January 1871, HS/24/349, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_349/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-georg-adolph-erman-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 08 February 2026

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