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Letter, from Edwin Dunkin to Sir John Herschel, dated at 22, Circus St., Greenwich

Reference number: HS/6/514

Date: 4 November 1863

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is sorry the publication of his own paper on solar motion was too late for John Frederick William Herschel to notice it in his new edition of the Outlines Astr.

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HS/6/514
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4 November 1863
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edwin Dunkin

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Edwin Dunkin, Letter, from Edwin Dunkin to Sir John Herschel, dated at 22, Circus St., Greenwich, 4 November 1863, HS/6/514, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_514/letter-from-edwin-dunkin-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-22-circus-st-greenwich, accessed on 06 December 2025

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