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Letter, from W[illiam] Ackland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Newgate St.

Reference number: HS/1/382

Date: 14 April 1871

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Autograph letter signed by sender. He has seen C. J. G. Pastorff's drawings at the Royal Astronomical Society Still no trace of Mr. Newman's tables.

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HS/1/382
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14 April 1871
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Ackland

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William Ackland, Letter, from W[illiam] Ackland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Newgate St., 14 April 1871, HS/1/382, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_382/letter-from-william-ackland-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-newgate-st, accessed on 19 July 2026

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