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Letter, from Humphry Davy to Sir John Herschel

Reference number: HS/6/44

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Hopes to see R. S. Dundas (2nd Viscount Melville) before the next meeting of Council. Approves of John Frederick William Herschel's views. Everard Home's paper will be read this evening; hopes John Frederick William Herschel's paper on parallax will follow.

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HS/6/44
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Humphry Davy

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Humphry Davy, Letter, from Humphry Davy to Sir John Herschel, HS/6/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_44/letter-from-humphry-davy-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 01 December 2024

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