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Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. Agnes, Cornwall

Reference number: HS/10/133

Date: 28 October 1867

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been requested by the Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Science to write a paper on John Frederick William Herschel and modern astronomy. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's sanction, and also a few notes on the most important aspects.

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HS/10/133
Earliest possible date
28 October 1867
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hunt

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Robert Hunt, Robert Hunt, Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. Agnes, Cornwall, 28 October 1867, HS/10/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_133/letter-from-robert-hunt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-st-agnes-cornwall, accessed on 07 February 2026

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