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Letter, from Charles G. B. Daubeny to Sir John Herschel, dated at Oxford

Reference number: HS/6/19

Date: 22 June 1837

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has received the samples of mineral waters John Frederick William Herschel sent from the Cape. His own pamphlet on this is now printed. Would be pleased if John Frederick William Herschel would obtain some bulbs of massonia lutea for him. Rev. Sandys in the area is an intelligent man.

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HS/6/19
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22 June 1837
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny

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Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny, Letter, from Charles G. B. Daubeny to Sir John Herschel, dated at Oxford, 22 June 1837, HS/6/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_19/letter-from-charles-g-b-daubeny-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 12 December 2024

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