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Letter, from P. W. D. Baddeley to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bonn

Reference number: HS/5/4

Date: 1 March 1861

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Points out error in his own book and enlarges on that point.

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HS/5/4
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1 March 1861
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6 pages
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Manuscript
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P. W. D. Baddeley

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P. W. D. Baddeley, Letter, from P. W. D. Baddeley to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bonn, 1 March 1861, HS/5/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_4/letter-from-p-w-d-baddeley-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-bonn, accessed on 24 March 2025

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