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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending him the material on mineralogy for the new manual. Comments on the difficulty of writing this sort of work and gives an outline of how he has written it.

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HS/6/132
Earliest possible date
13 March 1848
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Henry Thomas de la Beche

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Henry Thomas de la Beche, Letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Geological Survey Office, 13 March 1848, HS/6/132, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_132/letter-from-henry-t-de-la-beche-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-geological-survey-office, accessed on 06 December 2024

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