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Letter, from Thomas Galloway to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh

Reference number: HS/8/4

Date: 16 November 1832

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is a candidate for the Chair of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh and would be glad if John Frederick William Herschel would supply him with his views on any of Thomas Galloway's papers.

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HS/8/4
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16 November 1832
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Galloway

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Thomas Galloway, Letter, from Thomas Galloway to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 16 November 1832, HS/8/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_4/letter-from-thomas-galloway-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 17 September 2026

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