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RefNoHS/15/15a
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date23 February 1826
DescriptionContemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Denies any knowledge of a Royal Society [of London] Council meeting. Trusts the council will make its decisions based on public duty and science, not on the fact that the decision must be defended in l
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originn.p.
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2735
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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