Letter, from Reginald Stuart Poole to Sir John Herschel, dated at 1 West Terrace, Worthing

Reference number: HS/14/40

Date: 2 March 1852

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Being able to conclude only that J. B. Biot was wrong in his conclusion, Reginald Stuart Poole cannot make computation (per John Frederick William Herschel's request) about heliacal rising himself. Has applied to G. B. Airy to do it. Expresses difficulty in attaining accuracy about any ancient author's recording of a rising.

Reference number: HS/14/40
Earliest possible date: 2 March 1852
Page extent: 6 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Reginald Stuart Poole, Letter, from Reginald Stuart Poole to Sir John Herschel, dated at 1 West Terrace, Worthing, 2 March 1852, HS/14/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_40/letter-from-reginald-stuart-poole-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-1-west-terrace-worthing, accessed on 06 June 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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