Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Humphrey Lloyd, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/25/6/25
Date: 22 July 1844
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Informs Humphrey Lloyd of the intention of holding a magnetic congress at the meeting of the B.A.A.S. in 1845, and John Frederick William Herschel seeks Humphrey Lloyd's opinion.
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- HS/25/6/25
- Earliest possible date
- 22 July 1844
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Humphrey Lloyd, dated at Collingwood, 22 July 1844, HS/25/6/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_6_25/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-humphrey-lloyd-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 13 February 2026
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This item is part of:
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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. 6, from 3 March 1840 to 27 September 1846
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/6
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