Item 17 - Letter from John Herschel

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Add. MS a/207/17

Title

Letter from John Herschel

Date(s)

  • 17 May [1829] (Creation)

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4 pp

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17 Nottingham Place - JH knows no one better, except Francis Baily, for the superintendence of the nautical almanac as George Airy. JH is depressed at the state of science in England: 'This is not a land where science of a high order is held in honour'.read more

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