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Draft letter. Replies that he knows no one who would be willing to purchase the model of the moon.

Reference number
HS/6/128a
Earliest possible date
15 June 1846
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mrs. Witte, 15 June 1846, HS/6/128a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_128a/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-mrs-witte, accessed on 11 November 2024

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