Letter, from Robert Brown to Sir John Herschel, dated at Fairlie by Greenock
Reference number: HS/4/309
Date: 7 July 1858
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has written a book on elementary harmony and would like to send it to John Frederick William Herschel for his views on its worth.
- Reference number
- HS/4/309
- Earliest possible date
- 7 July 1858
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Brown
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Robert Brown, Letter, from Robert Brown to Sir John Herschel, dated at Fairlie by Greenock, 7 July 1858, HS/4/309, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_309/letter-from-robert-brown-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-fairlie-by-greenock, accessed on 10 July 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 4 Beckedorff-Bullan
1817-1871 Reference number: HS/4
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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