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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter from J C W Herschel, Brackley, to Sir Alfred Egerton

Reference number: MM/14/61

Date: 4 February 1944

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On the papers of J F W Herschel (JCW Herschel's Grandfather) being divided up between the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society.

Included is a list of the papers given to the Royal Society.

Reference number
MM/14/61
Earliest possible date
4 February 1944
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Typescript

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Letter from J C W Herschel, Brackley, to Sir Alfred Egerton, 4 February 1944, MM/14/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mm_14_61/letter-from-j-c-w-herschel-brackley-to-sir-alfred-egerton, accessed on 20 April 2026

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