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Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James A. Gordon, dated at Chamouni

Reference number: HS/8/164

Date: 15 August 1821

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Draft letter. Wet weather has given him time for letter writing. Spent a week in Paris. Passed through Dijon, and has spent some time at Geneva, where there is a flourishing Philosophical Society. Comments on the meetings. Weather has been bad. Gives a Neapolitan story.

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HS/8/164
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15 August 1821
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James A. Gordon, dated at Chamouni, 15 August 1821, HS/8/164, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_164/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-james-a-gordon-dated-at-chamouni, accessed on 16 May 2026

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