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Annibale de Gasparis
John Frederick William Herschel
Sir John Herschel is appointed Master of the Mint
1850
Autograph letter signed by sender. Announcing his discovery of a new planet. Gives readings.
13 May 1850 Sender: Annibale de Gasparis Reference number: HS/8/43
1851
Sir John Herschel serves as juror of the Great Exhibition
1851
Autograph letter signed by sender. Announcing his discovery of another new planet. Gives readings.
26 May 1851 Sender: Annibale de Gasparis Reference number: HS/8/44
Autograph letter signed by sender. Gives details of the new planet discovered 29 July. Proposes to call it Eunomia.
15 September 1851 Sender: Annibale de Gasparis Reference number: HS/8/45
1852
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has discovered another new planet [Psyche]. Gives readings.
21 March 1852 Sender: Annibale de Gasparis Reference number: HS/8/46
1854
Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending his theory of the orbits of comets. Comments on this.
9 November 1854 Sender: Annibale de Gasparis Reference number: HS/8/47
1855
Birth of Constance Anne Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart
1855
Sir John Herschel is elected Foreign Associate of the Institut de France
1855
Sir John Herschel resigns from his position as Master of the Mint
1855
1857
Autograph letter signed by sender. Requesting John Frederick William Herschel's interest in the work of Oscar Capocci.
16 June 1857 Sender: Annibale de Gasparis Reference number: HS/8/48
1858
