Letter, from William Hopkins to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge
Reference number: HS/9/478
Date: 7 February 1857
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been absent from home, which accounts for his belated reply. Comments on John Frederick William Herschel's difficulties in relation to W. H. Hopkins's memoir on the external temperature of the earth. John Frederick William Herschel's son is progressing well.
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- HS/9/478
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- 7 February 1857
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- 8 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Hopkins, Letter, from William Hopkins to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge, 7 February 1857, HS/9/478, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_478/letter-from-william-hopkins-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 24 April 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 9 R Grahame-Horsburgh
1819-1871 Reference number: HS/9
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William Hopkins
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John Frederick William Herschel
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