Letter, from William Lassell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Starfield, Liverpool
Reference number: HS/11/125
Date: 10 March 1842
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending a description of the observatory he has erected, containing an equatorially mounted Newtonian reflector. Has high opinion of its efficiency. Has detected a sixth star near the trapezium of Orionis.
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- HS/11/125
- Earliest possible date
- 10 March 1842
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Lassell, Letter, from William Lassell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Starfield, Liverpool, 10 March 1842, HS/11/125, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_125/letter-from-william-lassell-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-starfield-liverpool, accessed on 22 April 2025
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This item is part of:
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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 11 Kane-L miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/11
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William Lassell
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John Frederick William Herschel
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