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Reference numberHS/6/479
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from St. John Vincent Day to Sir John Herschel, dated at Buchanan St., Glasgow
CreatorDay; St. John Vincent (fl. 1868)
Date20 June 1868
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for John Frederick William Herschel's examination of his paper on the Pyramids. Comments on various aspects of this paper. Thanks for his two papers on weights and measures.
LanguageEnglish
Extent5pp
FormatManuscript
Place originBuchanan St., Glasgow
Origin coordinates55.860683, -4.254111
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Access statusOpen
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7300
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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