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Incomplete letter, from James A. Gordon to Sir John Herschel, dated at 16 Suffolk St.

Reference number: HS/8/171

Date: 11 January 1844

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Autographed letter, incomplete. Returned home full of health after his stay with John Frederick William Herschel. Visited the Pirie's at Maidstone. Someone suggested John Frederick William Herschel was the author of Vestiges. Mr. Pirie agrees with their project. Experiments by electricity for inducing plant growth. Mrs. Pirie has been giving him details of mesmerism at Maidstone.

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HS/8/171
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11 January 1844
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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James Alexander Gordon

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James Alexander Gordon, Incomplete letter, from James A. Gordon to Sir John Herschel, dated at 16 Suffolk St., 11 January 1844, HS/8/171, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_171/incomplete-letter-from-james-a-gordon-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-16-suffolk-st, accessed on 13 May 2025

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