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Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mr. McIntyre, dated at Slough

Reference number: HS/25/3/4

Date: 29 February 1832

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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. Arguing a statistical principle related to assessed values of several different boroughs.

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HS/25/3/4
Earliest possible date
29 February 1832
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mr. McIntyre, dated at Slough, 29 February 1832, HS/25/3/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_3_4/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-mr-mcintyre-dated-at-slough, accessed on 07 November 2025

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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