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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Second half of letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine

Reference number: MS/257/2/280

Date: 10 March 1850

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[This letter is a continuation of MS/257/2/279].

Discusses the abolition of the scientific committees [of The Royal Society] and urges Sabine that ‘something must be done’. Herschel has been asked to recommend a possible successor to John Caldecott [at Travancore], and notes he wishes he ‘was better satisfied with [William Radcliffe] Birt’s astronomical capabilities’.

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MS/257/2/280
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10 March 1850
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Second half of letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine, 10 March 1850, MS/257/2/280, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_280/second-half-of-letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-collingwood-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 25 April 2025

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    Science in the Making presents selected items from the 'Manuscripts General' series, notably astronomical observations, investigations of discrete topics, and indices and registers of papers read before the Royal Society.

    Dates: 1551 - 1951

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