Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/15/264

Date: 18 November 1862

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Draft letter. Discusses proposed Melbourne telescope, including [William] Lassell's proposed mounting and its implications for observing nebulae.

Reference number: HS/15/264
Earliest possible date: 18 November 1862
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood, 18 November 1862, HS/15/264, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_264/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 19 April 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 15 Sabine-Selwyn
1820-1870 Reference number: HS/15

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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