Letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Observatory, Cambridge
Reference number: HS/1/50
Date: 9 February 1832
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been making optical experiments. Hopes to see John Frederick William Herschel in the Spring. Hopes John Frederick William Herschel will be able to observe Encke's comet this year.
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- HS/1/50
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- 9 February 1832
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- 2 pages
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George Biddell Airy, Letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Observatory, Cambridge, 9 February 1832, HS/1/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_50/letter-from-george-biddell-airy-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-observatory-cambridge, accessed on 11 February 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 1 Abbe-Auwers
1819-1875 Reference number: HS/1
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George Biddell Airy
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John Frederick William Herschel
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