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Letter from J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, 32 Harley Street, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]

Reference number: MC/5/128

Date: 28 November 1853

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Forwarding an extract from a letter from [John Russell] Hind highlighting the error in his recent designation as FRS [Fellow of the Royal Society] in the 'Philosophical Transactions'.

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MC/5/128
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28 November 1853
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, 32 Harley Street, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society], 28 November 1853, MC/5/128, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mc_5_128/letter-from-j-f-w-john-frederick-william-herschel-32-harley-street-to-c-r-charles-richard-weld-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 June 2026

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