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Incomplete letter, from Thomas Galloway to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Torrington Square

Reference number: HS/8/29

Date: 12 January 1848

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Autographed letter, incomplete. Has sent the review of George Everest's Indian Survey to Longmans. Fears it is hard and dry after John Frederick William Herschel's review of Kosmos. If John Frederick William Herschel decides to publish it, would he let him have it back for revision.

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HS/8/29
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12 January 1848
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Thomas Galloway

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Thomas Galloway, Incomplete letter, from Thomas Galloway to Sir John Herschel, dated at 45 Torrington Square, 12 January 1848, HS/8/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_29/incomplete-letter-from-thomas-galloway-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-45-torrington-square, accessed on 17 September 2026

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