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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Elizabeth Colling, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/24/350

Date: 31 January 1871

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Copy of a letter. Comments on spelling reform being attempted in Germany and the United States, and being proposed in England.

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HS/24/350
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31 January 1871
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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 Elizabeth Colling, dated at Collingwood, 31 January 1871, HS/24/350, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_350/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-elizabeth-colling-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 14 March 2026

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