Letter, from Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cowes

Reference number: HS/13/344

Date: 12 August 1833

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Autographed letter . Agrees with John Frederick William Herschel to go direct to the French optician [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1833-8-9] for a large object glass; HP will provide a telescope with such a lens if G. B. Airy agrees such a large telescope is appropriate to Cambridge Observatory.

Reference number: HS/13/344
Earliest possible date: 12 August 1833
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Hugh Percy, Letter, from Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cowes, 12 August 1833, HS/13/344, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_344/letter-from-hugh-percy-3rd-duke-of-northumberland-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cowes, accessed on 13 March 2026

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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 13 M miscellaneous-Plana
1812-1869 Reference number: HS/13

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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