Letter, [William] Hopkins to [George Gabriel Stokes], dated at Cambridge
Reference number: HS/9/479
Date: 26 November 1862
Description
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.
- Reference number
- HS/9/479
- Earliest possible date
- 26 November 1862
- Page extent
- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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 24 March 2025
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This item is part of:
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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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George Gabriel Stokes
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