Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Samuel Stratford
Reference number: HS/17/83
Date: 21 January 1829

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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Wishing to maintain good opinion of public, John Frederick William Herschel cautiously recommends that a certain passage be omitted from a monthly notice in the Nautical Almanac.
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- HS/17/83
- Earliest possible date
- 21 January 1829
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Samuel Stratford, 21 January 1829, HS/17/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_83/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-samuel-stratford, accessed on 09 February 2025
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