Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Molyneux, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/1/18
Date: 17 January 1830
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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 ordering a pocket chronometer from Molyneux and Co. on behalf of Joseph Johann Littrow of Austria.
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- HS/25/1/18
- Earliest possible date
- 17 January 1830
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Molyneux, dated at Slough, 17 January 1830, HS/25/1/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_1_18/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-robert-molyneux-dated-at-slough, accessed on 16 August 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. I, from 22 May 1830 to 8 March 1831
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/1
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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