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Letter, from James Glaisher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lewisham

Reference number: HS/8/129

Date: 26 April 1857

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending him engraved single copies, also photographic copies of the larger ones. Comments on his researches into snow crystals.

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HS/8/129
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26 April 1857
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Glaisher

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James Glaisher, Letter, from James Glaisher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lewisham, 26 April 1857, HS/8/129, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_129/letter-from-james-glaisher-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-lewisham, accessed on 13 May 2025

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