Letter, from William Lassell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Sandfield Park near Liverpool

Reference number: HS/11/152

Date: 11 November 1857

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for his suggestions respecting the mode of observation by collimator; will give it careful consideration. Sends two photographs of the method of mounting his observation tower.

Reference number: HS/11/152
Earliest possible date: 11 November 1857
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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William Lassell, Letter, from William Lassell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Sandfield Park near Liverpool, 11 November 1857, HS/11/152, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_152/letter-from-william-lassell-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-sandfield-park-near-liverpool, accessed on 16 November 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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