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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.

Reference number
HS/17/169
Earliest possible date
10 August 1824
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Feliciano Scarpellini

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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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