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Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at [Feldhausen]

Reference number: HS/16/4

Date: 24 October 1835

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Autograph letter signed by sender, incomplete. Provides list of desiderata for activities for observatories of the '2nd and 3rd classes.' Reports his progress from the Cape, and his inability as yet to see Halley's or Encke's comet.

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HS/16/4
Earliest possible date
24 October 1835
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at [Feldhausen], 24 October 1835, HS/16/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_4/incomplete-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-richard-sheepshanks-dated-at-feldhausen, accessed on 06 June 2026

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