Letter, from Benjamin Peirce to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge, Mass.
Reference number: HS/14/151
Date: 15 August 1842
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends Joseph Cranch to consult with John Frederick William Herschel over an equatorial telescope for Harvard College Observatory.
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- HS/14/151
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- 15 August 1842
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Benjamin Peirce, Letter, from Benjamin Peirce to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge, Mass., 15 August 1842, HS/14/151, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_151/letter-from-benjamin-peirce-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cambridge-mass, accessed on 11 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 14 Pogson-R miscellaneous
1810-1871 Reference number: HS/14
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Benjamin Peirce
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John Frederick William Herschel
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