Letter, from William Keith Murray to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crieff
Reference number: HS/13/62
Date: 9 November 1857
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is pleased that John Frederick William Herschel approves of the photographs. Previously purchased W. H. Smyth's equatorial, the tube and object-glass made by [Thomas?] Cooke. Had a visit from Smyth recently and he advised William Keith Murray to prepare a paper for the Royal Astronomical Society
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- HS/13/62
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- 9 November 1857
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- 4 pages
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William Keith Murray, Letter, from William Keith Murray to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crieff, 9 November 1857, HS/13/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_62/letter-from-william-keith-murray-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-crieff, accessed on 19 August 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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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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