Letter, from Sir William Pole to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Storey's Gate

Reference number: HS/14/26

Date: 6 August 1860

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for note of 29 [July]. Expresses doubt over accuracy of his observations of a solar eclipse. Stresses the necessity of careful comparison of various observations. Asks John Frederick William Herschel's opinion of a photograph with prominences greater and corona less than supposed.

Reference number: HS/14/26
Earliest possible date: 6 August 1860
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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William Pole, Letter, from Sir William Pole to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Storey's Gate, 6 August 1860, HS/14/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_26/letter-from-sir-william-pole-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-3-storeys-gate, accessed on 19 April 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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