Letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh
Reference number: HS/7/315
Date: 8 June 1858
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Article on glaciers is from the Encyclopaedia Britannica and was restricted because of space. Mistakes by John Tyndall and others have arisen because his own Letters on Glaciers has been overlooked. William Whewell is to be married.
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- HS/7/315
- Earliest possible date
- 8 June 1858
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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James David Forbes, Letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 8 June 1858, HS/7/315, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_315/letter-from-james-david-forbes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 25 March 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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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James David Forbes
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