Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Kater, dated at [Slough]
Reference number: HS/19/17
Date: 1821 to 1822
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends set of William Herschel's duplicated papers. Curious results 'examining the rings,' but bad weather has hampered experiments. Correction of spherical aberration. John Frederick William Herschel is using J. d'Alembert's Opuscules. Image of Alpha Lyrae.
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- HS/19/17
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- 1821 to 1822
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Kater, dated at [Slough], 1821 to 1822, HS/19/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_17/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-henry-kater-dated-at-slough, accessed on 21 April 2025
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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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