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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has dispatched Memoirs and Comptes rendus of the Academy. Regrets the delay, which is due to negligence on the part of the railway.

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HS/6/516
Earliest possible date
15 October 1860
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Benjamin Duprat

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Benjamin Duprat, Letter, from Benjamin Duprat to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris, 15 October 1860, HS/6/516, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_516/letter-from-benjamin-duprat-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-paris, accessed on 01 December 2024

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