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Letter, from Thomas Drummond to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ordnance Map Office

Reference number: HS/6/453

Date: 8 March 1830

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's drawing of the lake [?] measuring operation.

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HS/6/453
Earliest possible date
8 March 1830
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Drummond

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Thomas Drummond, Letter, from Thomas Drummond to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ordnance Map Office, 8 March 1830, HS/6/453, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_453/letter-from-thomas-drummond-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-ordnance-map-office, accessed on 11 December 2024

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