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Letter, [William] Hopkins to [George Gabriel Stokes], dated at Cambridge

Reference number: HS/9/479

Date: 26 November 1862

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Returns Sir John Herschel's report to the Council of the Royal Society on his paper 'On the theory of the motion of glaciers'. Discusses the report, and remarks on the amendments suggested to him in it.

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HS/9/479
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26 November 1862
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hopkins

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William Hopkins, Letter, [William] Hopkins to [George Gabriel Stokes], dated at Cambridge, 26 November 1862, HS/9/479, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_479/letter-william-hopkins-to-george-gabriel-stokes-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 10 October 2024

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