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Letter, from Sir Isaac L. Bell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Reference number: HS/4/41

Date: 20 December 1862

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for the gift of volumes on meteorology and the telescope. Hopes that John Frederick William Herschel will be able to visit Newcastle with the B.A.A.S.

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HS/4/41
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20 December 1862
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Isaac Lowthian Bell

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Isaac Lowthian Bell, Letter, from Sir Isaac L. Bell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 20 December 1862, HS/4/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_41/letter-from-sir-isaac-l-bell-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-newcastle-upon-tyne, accessed on 02 December 2024

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