Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir William Huggins, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/10/56
Date: 22 September 1869

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Draft letter. Burn his [last] letter as he made a blunder in his geometry. Cannot imagine how he made the blunder. Gives new formulae for observing Mercury.
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- HS/10/56
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- 22 September 1869
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir William Huggins, dated at Collingwood, 22 September 1869, HS/10/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_56/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-sir-william-huggins-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 10 February 2025
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