Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alexander R. Clarke, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/5/343
Date: 11 October 1863

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Draft letter. Thanks for sending him his memoir on the Figure of the Earth. Comments on this. His son John would find a copy of this memoir of great assistance in his work in India; would he send him one.
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- HS/5/343
- Earliest possible date
- 11 October 1863
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alexander R. Clarke, dated at Collingwood, 11 October 1863, HS/5/343, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_343/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-alexander-r-clarke-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 16 February 2025
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