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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 16 Sheepshanks-Spencer

Reference number: HS/16

Date: 1820-1869

Description

Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.

Prominent correspondents include: Richard Sheepshanks; Alfred Smee; Andrew Smith; Charles Piazzi Smyth; Mary Somerville; William Somerville; Sir James South.

Also contains a letter from James South to Sir William Herschel introducing himself and asking for a contribution towards a fund to place a bust of Edward Troughton in Greenwich Observatory (HS/16/412).

Reference number
HS/16
Earliest possible date
1820-1869
Physical description
Documents previously tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. Disbound in 2023 and loose letters in folders.
Page extent
1 volume; 496 letters
Format
Manuscript

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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 16 Sheepshanks-Spencer, 1820-1869, HS/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16/correspondence-of-john-frederick-william-herschel-volume-16-sheepshanks-spencer, accessed on 07 December 2024

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