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Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine

Reference number: MS/257/2/290

Date: 18 March 1865

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Herschel discusses his proposed resolution to a controversy over whether to build [the Greenwich railway way tunnel] under [Greenwich] Park [see MS/257/2/291]. Herschel informs Sabine he will be unable to attend a meeting because of chronic bronchitis.

Reference number
MS/257/2/290
Earliest possible date
18 March 1865
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine, 18 March 1865, MS/257/2/290, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_290/letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-collingwood-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 25 April 2025

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