Letter, from William Lassell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Malta

Reference number: HS/11/166

Date: 23 July 1864

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Was grateful for a copy of the proof sheets of John Frederick William Herschel's forthcoming 'Catalogue of Nebulae.' Comments on the Colonial book post. May discover a few hundred new nebulae but they are faint. Regrets to learn that John Frederick William Herschel's health is not good. Temperature has been very warm.

Reference number: HS/11/166
Earliest possible date: 23 July 1864
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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William Lassell, Letter, from William Lassell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Malta, 23 July 1864, HS/11/166, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_166/letter-from-william-lassell-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-malta, accessed on 22 April 2025

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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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