Letter, from Henry W. Field to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Mint
Reference number: HS/7/221
Date: 20 April 1863
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like photographs of John Frederick William Herschel, one for himself and one for the American Philosophical Society. Busy at the Mint. Issue of bronze coinage continues. Supplying foreign Mints with his gas apparatus.
- Reference number
- HS/7/221
- Earliest possible date
- 20 April 1863
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry William Field, Letter, from Henry W. Field to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Mint, 20 April 1863, HS/7/221, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_221/letter-from-henry-w-field-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-mint, accessed on 12 December 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 7 Eardley Wilmot-F
1820-1871 Reference number: HS/7
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John Frederick William Herschel
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