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Copy letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: MM/11/147

Date: 3 July 1840

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Carbon copy of original. Herschel is displeased by the seemingly rash resolution of the Royal Society Council with regard to idea of establising permanent magnetic observatory near London.

Carbon copy

Reference number
MM/11/147
Earliest possible date
3 July 1840
Physical description
Carbon copy
Page extent
2 pp.
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood, 3 July 1840, MM/11/147, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mm_11_147/copy-letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-to-john-william-lubbock-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 16 August 2026

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