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Letter, from Edward Joshua Cooper to Sir John Herschel, dated at Carlton Club

Reference number: HS/5/282

Date: 28 October 1839

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Not sure where John Frederick William Herschel is now residing. Sending the 13 sets of Meteorological Observations he has made. Will shortly be residing at Brighton for a few months and hopes to meet John Frederick Willi

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HS/5/282
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28 October 1839
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Joshua Cooper

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Edward Joshua Cooper, Letter, from Edward Joshua Cooper to Sir John Herschel, dated at Carlton Club, 28 October 1839, HS/5/282, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_282/letter-from-edward-joshua-cooper-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-carlton-club, accessed on 15 May 2026

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