Letter, from Sir William Huggins to Sir John Herschel, dated at Upper Tulse Hill
Reference number: HS/10/47
Date: 15 December 1868
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has arranged for the last Royal Astronomical Society Monthly Notices to be sent to him. Lieut. John Herschel has detected a fourth line in the spectrum of the Nebula in Orion.
- Reference number
- HS/10/47
- Earliest possible date
- 15 December 1868
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Huggins, Letter, from Sir William Huggins to Sir John Herschel, dated at Upper Tulse Hill, 15 December 1868, HS/10/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_47/letter-from-sir-william-huggins-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-upper-tulse-hill, accessed on 14 September 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 10 Howard-J miscellaneous
1816-1871 Reference number: HS/10
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William Huggins
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John Frederick William Herschel
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