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Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution

Reference number: HS/4/231

Date: 25 March 1865

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding certain passages in John Frederick William Herschel's Cape Observations.

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HS/4/231
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25 March 1865
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward William Brayley

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Edward William Brayley, Letter, from Edward William Brayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at London Institution, 25 March 1865, HS/4/231, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_231/letter-from-edward-william-brayley-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-london-institution, accessed on 10 March 2026

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