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RefNoHS/12/414
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Roderick Impey Murchison to Sir John Herschel, dated at Buxton
CreatorRoderick Impey Murchison
Date25 August 1846
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Received John Frederick William Herschel's letter without the enclosure from C. P. Schönbein, but has now received a letter from Schönbein. Has advised him to come to the Southampton meeting. Has written his discourse and would welcome a paragraph from John Frederick William Herschel on physical science and on some of the foreigners expected at the meeting. What can he say about Carlo Matteucci? Had letter from William Whewell, who wishes to meet H. C. Oersted.
LanguageEnglish
Extent8pp
FormatManuscript
Place originBuxton, Derbyshire
Origin coordinates53.259, A1.911
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel12049
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8081Murchison; Sir; Roderick Impey (1792 - 1871); geologist and geographer1792 - 1871
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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