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Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford

Reference number: HS/16/264

Date: 10 October 1837

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends early nineteenth-century astronomical observations. Francis Baily receives £500 from Parliament to enlarge stellar catalogue. Otto Struve's observations of Gamma Virginis agree with John Frederick William Herschel's.

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HS/16/264
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10 October 1837
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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William Henry Smyth, William Henry Smyth, Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford, 10 October 1837, HS/16/264, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_264/letter-from-william-henry-smyth-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-crescent-bedford, accessed on 12 August 2026

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