Letter, from Thomas Romney Robinson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Castle, Parsonstown

Reference number: HS/14/375

Date: 21 October 1849

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Discusses B.A.A.S. resolution regarding the Cape observatory. Wants accurate drawings of nebulae to attempt to ascertain change. Wants John Frederick William Herschel to petition government to get reflector at Cape.

Reference number: HS/14/375
Earliest possible date: 21 October 1849
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Thomas Romney Robinson, Letter, from Thomas Romney Robinson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Castle, Parsonstown, 21 October 1849, HS/14/375, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_375/letter-from-thomas-romney-robinson-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-castle-parsonstown, accessed on 15 May 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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