Copy letter, from William Lassell to H. C. Schumacher, dated at Starfield, Liverpool
Reference number: HS/11/133
Date: 6 August 1847
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Copy of a letter. Details of steps in his discovery of the satellite of Neptune. Gives details of the telescope he is using.
- Reference number
- HS/11/133
- Earliest possible date
- 6 August 1847
- Page extent
- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Lassell, Copy letter, from William Lassell to H. C. Schumacher, dated at Starfield, Liverpool, 6 August 1847, HS/11/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_133/copy-letter-from-william-lassell-to-h-c-schumacher-dated-at-starfield-liverpool, accessed on 25 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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Heinrich Christian Schumacher
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