Letter, from William Trant, Jr. to Sir John Herschel, dated at Leeds Astronomical Society

Reference number: HS/17/363

Date: 2 October 1863

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel upon receiving the essay for the Leeds Astronomical Society lecture series ['The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre, Considered in Reference to the Choice of a Standard of Length'].

Reference number: HS/17/363
Earliest possible date: 2 October 1863
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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William [Jr.] Trant, Letter, from William Trant, Jr. to Sir John Herschel, dated at Leeds Astronomical Society, 2 October 1863, HS/17/363, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_363/letter-from-william-trant-jr-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-leeds-astronomical-society, accessed on 16 November 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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