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Letter from J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, Harley Street, to Lord Rosse, [President of the Royal Society]

Reference number: MC/5/158

Date: 24 March 1854

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Regarding his intention to research and write a memoir of [François] Arago.

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MC/5/158
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24 March 1854
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3 pages
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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, Harley Street, to Lord Rosse, [President of the Royal Society], 24 March 1854, MC/5/158, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mc_5_158/letter-from-j-f-w-john-frederick-william-herschel-harley-street-to-lord-rosse-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 04 December 2024

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