Letter, from H. Temple Humphreys to Sir John Herschel, dated at North Strand, Limerick

Reference number: HS/10/79

Date: 22 March 1870

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Many thanks for his kind note. Pleased to find he is in good health and taking an interest in the work of the youngsters. Hopes Alexander (John Frederick William Herschel's son) showed him his plan for a binocular reflector.

Reference number: HS/10/79
Earliest possible date: 22 March 1870
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Temple Humphreys

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Henry Temple Humphreys, Letter, from H. Temple Humphreys to Sir John Herschel, dated at North Strand, Limerick, 22 March 1870, HS/10/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_79/letter-from-h-temple-humphreys-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-north-strand-limerick, accessed on 19 May 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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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John Frederick William Herschel
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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

Dates: 1807 - 1875

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