Copy letter, from William Lassell to George Biddell Airy, dated at Starfield, Liverpool
Reference number: HS/11/140
Date: 14 August 1850
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Copy of a letter. Believes he has discovered a second satellite of Neptune; gives readings.
- Reference number
- HS/11/140
- Earliest possible date
- 14 August 1850
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Lassell, Copy letter, from William Lassell to George Biddell Airy, dated at Starfield, Liverpool, 14 August 1850, HS/11/140, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_140/copy-letter-from-william-lassell-to-george-biddell-airy-dated-at-starfield-liverpool, accessed on 14 September 2026
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This item is part of:
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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 11 Kane-L miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/11
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William Lassell
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George Biddell Airy
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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