Letter, from Joseph Baxendell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Stocks St., Manchester

Reference number: HS/3/308

Date: 6 March 1862

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for his letter, which he will communicate to the Lit. and Phil. Soc. Regarding the views of William Hopkins. John Frederick William Herschel's theories regarding the effects of the sun spots are similar to a recent Frenchman's.

Reference number: HS/3/308
Earliest possible date: 6 March 1862
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Joseph Baxendell, Letter, from Joseph Baxendell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Stocks St., Manchester, 6 March 1862, HS/3/308, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_308/letter-from-joseph-baxendell-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-stocks-st-manchester, accessed on 14 September 2026

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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 3 Babinet-Beaufort
1819-1869 Reference number: HS/3

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