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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Romney Robinson, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/14/376

Date: 27 October 1849

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Copy letter in John Herschel's hand, with some alterations. Will not urge government to construct a great reflector at the Cape; believes it should be done through private funding; does look forward to the time when his work on southern skies will be reexamined. [See Thomas Robinson's 1849-10-21.]

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HS/14/376
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27 October 1849
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Romney Robinson, dated at Collingwood, 27 October 1849, HS/14/376, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_376/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-thomas-romney-robinson-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 20 January 2026

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