Letter, from Henry Augustus Severn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Mint, Sydney
Reference number: HS/17/192
Date: 10 November 1858
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Having outgrown his self-built telescope, hopes to borrow a larger 'metal' from John Frederick William Herschel, or to obtain from John Frederick William Herschel William Herschel's method for polishing telescopes.
- Reference number
- HS/17/192
- Earliest possible date
- 10 November 1858
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Augustus Severn, Letter, from Henry Augustus Severn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Mint, Sydney, 10 November 1858, HS/17/192, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_192/letter-from-henry-augustus-severn-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-mint-sydney, accessed on 14 July 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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