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Letter from J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, Collingwood, to Edward Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]

Reference number: MC/5/364

Date: 24 October 1858

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Regarding a report on magnetism to be laid before the next Council meeting [on 28 October 1858].

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MC/5/364
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24 October 1858
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2 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, Collingwood, to Edward Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], 24 October 1858, MC/5/364, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mc_5_364/letter-from-j-f-w-john-frederick-william-herschel-collingwood-to-edward-sabine-treasurer-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 19 April 2025

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