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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Corrects a misunderstanding about the date to which magnetic observations are to be reduced.

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HS/25/7/7
Earliest possible date
12 October 1870
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Georg Adolph Erman, dated at Collingwood, 12 October 1870, HS/25/7/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_7_7/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-georg-adolph-erman-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 23 January 2026

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