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

Reference number: HS/13/349

Date: 3 September 1835

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Accepts John Frederick William Herschel's suggestion about using the offered money for publication costs [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1835-6-12]; is concerned about the telescope at Cambridge, as G. B. Airy has left for Greenwich; final comments on the comet's effects and the weather.

Reference number: HS/13/349
Earliest possible date: 3 September 1835
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Hugh Percy, Letter, from Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) to Sir John Herschel, dated at Syon, 3 September 1835, HS/13/349, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_349/letter-from-hugh-percy-3rd-duke-of-northumberland-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-syon, accessed on 12 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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