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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has had a volume of essays of John Frederick William Herschel's and wonders if the first one [address to the subscribers of Windsor Public Library] has been published separately; if not, he would like to issue it in a cheap form.

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HS/9/495
Earliest possible date
22 January 1858
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Leonard Horner

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Leonard Horner, Letter, from Leonard Horner to Sir John Herschel, dated at 17 Queens Rd., West, 22 January 1858, HS/9/495, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_495/letter-from-leonard-horner-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-17-queens-rd-west, accessed on 16 March 2026

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    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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