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Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's comments on a plan for a water supply for Cape Town.

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HS/4/50
Earliest possible date
24 October 1834
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Bell

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John Bell, Letter, from Sir John Bell to Sir John Herschel, 24 October 1834, HS/4/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_50/letter-from-sir-john-bell-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 16 November 2025

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