Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James South, dated at Charlotte St.

Reference number: HS/16/426a

Date: 15 February 1824

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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Urges that James South not get so emotionally involved in issues concerning astronomers. 'For my own part I mean to make Science my amusement, not my business....' Comments on James South's relations with John Pond.

Reference number: HS/16/426a
Earliest possible date: 15 February 1824
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James South, dated at Charlotte St., 15 February 1824, HS/16/426a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_426a/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-james-south-dated-at-charlotte-st, accessed on 21 April 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 16 Sheepshanks-Spencer
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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

Dates: 1807 - 1875

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