Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [Collingwood]
Reference number: HS/16/311
Date: 3 February 1860
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Autograph letter signed by sender, incomplete. Claims if he had known certain informations concerning discovery of Neptune, he would have ranked J. C. Adams's claim equal with U. J. J. Leverrier's.
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- HS/16/311
- Earliest possible date
- 3 February 1860
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [Collingwood], 3 February 1860, HS/16/311, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_311/incomplete-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-henry-smyth-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 12 August 2026
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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