Copy letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/25/6/5
Date: 3 July 1840
Description
Copy of original in Colonel John Herschel's hand. Herschel is displeased by the seemingly rash resolution of the Royal Society Council with regard to idea of establising permanent magnetic observatory near London.
Carbon copy
- Reference number
- HS/25/6/5
- Earliest possible date
- 3 July 1840
- Physical description
- Carbon copy
- Page extent
- 2 pp.
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood, 3 July 1840, HS/25/6/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_6_5/copy-letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-to-john-william-lubbock-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 15 July 2026
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