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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for the trouble he has taken. Would he forward the enclosed note to John Frederick William Herschel. If John Frederick William Herschel can call on him he would make arrangements to show him the battery.

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HS/8/52
Earliest possible date
August 1839
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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John Peter Gassiot

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John Peter Gassiot, Letter, from John P. Gassiot to [John] Stewart, dated at Mark Lane, August 1839, HS/8/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_52/letter-from-john-p-gassiot-to-john-stewart-dated-at-mark-lane, accessed on 23 June 2025

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