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Letter, from B. W. S. Vallack to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. Budeaux, near Plymouth

Reference number: HS/17/415

Date: 18 November 1865

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Autograph letter signed by sender, with diagrams. Comments on George Witt's work on silvering glass mirrors and on John Frederick William Herschel's Telescope. States problems with his Newtonian telescope. Works on designs for a binocular telescope.

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HS/17/415
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18 November 1865
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15 pages
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Manuscript
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Benjamin William Salmon Vallack

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Benjamin William Salmon Vallack, Letter, from B. W. S. Vallack to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. Budeaux, near Plymouth, 18 November 1865, HS/17/415, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_415/letter-from-b-w-s-vallack-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-st-budeaux-near-plymouth, accessed on 15 February 2026

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