Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Lindley, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/5/15
Date: 26 August 1839
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. In response to a request, John Frederick William Herschel provides such details as he can about atmospheric and ground temperatures at the Cape; John Frederick William Herschel goes on to describe how his flowers brought from the Cape are doing.
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- HS/25/5/15
- Earliest possible date
- 26 August 1839
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Lindley, dated at Slough, 26 August 1839, HS/25/5/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_5_15/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-lindley-dated-at-slough, accessed on 21 June 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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. 5, from 23 February 1836 to 29 November 1839
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/5
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John Frederick William Herschel
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John Lindley
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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