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Autograph letter signed by sender. Will be out of town for next [Royal Society [of London]?] council meeting. Comments on glass subcommittee report.

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HS/26/36
Earliest possible date
27? May 1827
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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William Hyde Wollaston

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William Hyde Wollaston, Letter, from William Hyde Wollaston to Sir John Herschel, dated at 1 Dorset St., 27? May 1827, HS/26/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_26_36/letter-from-william-hyde-wollaston-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-1-dorset-st, accessed on 06 December 2025

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