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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

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Showing 2 letters from 1851–1857

2 letters from William Keith Murray; 0 letters from John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir John Herschel serves as juror of the Great Exhibition

1851

Autograph letter signed by sender. Is thinking of erecting an observatory and would welcome John Frederick William Herschel's advice on telescopes and object-glasses, particularly those of William Simms.

Reference number: HS/13/61
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. Is pleased that John Frederick William Herschel approves of the photographs. Previously purchased W. H. Smyth's equatorial, the tube and object-glass made by [Thomas?] Cooke. Had a visit from Smyth recently and he advised William Keith Murray to prepare a paper for the Royal Astronomical Society

Reference number: HS/13/62