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Letter from J [John] Herschel, Bangalore, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: MC/8/186

Date: 4 May 1868

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Presenting his results of his observations of the spectra of some of the southern nebulae.

[Place name: Bengaluru]

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MC/8/186
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4 May 1868
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Herschel

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John Herschel, Letter from J [John] Herschel, Bangalore, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society, 4 May 1868, MC/8/186, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mc_8_186/letter-from-j-john-herschel-bangalore-to-professor-g-g-george-gabriel-stokes-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 20 June 2025

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