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Letter, from Jean Baptiste Biot to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris

Reference number: HS/4/96

Date: 4 October 1861

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has pleasure in informing John Frederick William Herschel that a parcel of publications of the Academy is being forwarded to him.

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HS/4/96
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4 October 1861
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Jean Baptiste Biot

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Jean Baptiste Biot, Letter, from Jean Baptiste Biot to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris, 4 October 1861, HS/4/96, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_96/letter-from-jean-baptiste-biot-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-paris, accessed on 16 May 2026

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