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Letter, from Thomas Glanville Taylor to Sir John Herschel, dated at Madras Observatory

Reference number: HS/17/336

Date: 10 December 1838

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Madras Observatory established by James Caldecott. Thomas Taylor gives James Caldecott some ideas of John Frederick William Herschel's to aid the state of the observatory. Re-observes the Brisbane Catalogue.

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HS/17/336
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10 December 1838
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Thomas Glanville Taylor, Thomas Glanville Taylor, Letter, from Thomas Glanville Taylor to Sir John Herschel, dated at Madras Observatory, 10 December 1838, HS/17/336, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_336/letter-from-thomas-glanville-taylor-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-madras-observatory, accessed on 09 February 2026

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