Letter, from George Mathews Whipple to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kew Observatory, Richmond, Surrey

Reference number: HS/18/396

Date: 18 February 1871

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends prints of solar photographs taken last week at Kew, as requested by Warren de La Rue. Regrets that picture on 11 Feb. was unsatisfactory.

Reference number: HS/18/396
Earliest possible date: 18 February 1871
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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George Mathews Whipple, Letter, from George Mathews Whipple to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kew Observatory, Richmond, Surrey, 18 February 1871, HS/18/396, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_18_396/letter-from-george-mathews-whipple-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-kew-observatory-richmond-surrey, accessed on 13 July 2026

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 18 Wackerbarth-Zucchini
1815-1870 Reference number: HS/18

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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