Letter, from James Inglis Cochrane to Sir John Herschel, dated at Largs
Reference number: HS/5/353
Date: 13 August 1862
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for the first book of the Iliad. Did not realize that it had come from John Frederick William Herschel. Comments on the translation of Greek verses.
- Reference number
- HS/5/353
- Earliest possible date
- 13 August 1862
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Inglis Cochrane; Cochrane
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James Inglis Cochrane; Cochrane, Letter, from James Inglis Cochrane to Sir John Herschel, dated at Largs, 13 August 1862, HS/5/353, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_353/letter-from-james-inglis-cochrane-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-largs, accessed on 21 June 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 5 B miscellaneous-C
1815-1871 Reference number: HS/5
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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