Letter, from Feliciano Scarpellini to Sir John Herschel, dated at Rome
Reference number: HS/17/169
Date: 10 August 1824
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Praises John Frederick William Herschel, John Frederick William Herschel's father, and their telescopes highly. Asks John Frederick William Herschel not to forget commission to FS.
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- HS/17/169
- Earliest possible date
- 10 August 1824
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Feliciano Scarpellini, Letter, from Feliciano Scarpellini to Sir John Herschel, dated at Rome, 10 August 1824, HS/17/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_169/letter-from-feliciano-scarpellini-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-rome, accessed on 14 January 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 17 Stark-V miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/17
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John Frederick William Herschel
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