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Copy letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/25/6/5

Date: 3 July 1840

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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.

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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

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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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