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Autograph letter signed by sender. J. C. Symons is spreading locally false theories about the rotation of the moon. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's views on this.

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HS/5/349
Earliest possible date
6 January 1857
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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W. B. Clegram

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W. B. Clegram, Letter, from W. B. Clegram to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gloucester, 6 January 1857, HS/5/349, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_349/letter-from-w-b-clegram-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-gloucester, accessed on 17 June 2026

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