Letter from Francis Galton Describing a Solar Eclipse

Date:
19 Jul 1860
Reference:
GALTON/1/2/4/6
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Galton Papers
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Letter from Francis Galton Describing a Solar Eclipse. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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Description

Letter from Francis Galton to his mother and sister from Logrono, Spain, describing the eclipse of the sun. Galton was with the expedition from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and located at Logrono, Spain.

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19 Jul 1860

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1 letter plus envelope

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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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