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

Reference number: HS/11/156

Date: 8 February 1860

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends a lithograph of the 4-ft. aperture equatorial. Has made no observations with it yet. Had difficulty with the surface of the speculum. Comments on the drawing and on the use of the instrument. Cannot recollect seeing any of the irregularities pointed out by John Frederick William Herschel in his letter.

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HS/11/156
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8 February 1860
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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William Lassell

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William Lassell, Letter, from William Lassell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Sandfield Park near Liverpool, 8 February 1860, HS/11/156, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_156/letter-from-william-lassell-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-sandfield-park-near-liverpool, accessed on 22 April 2025

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