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Letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Observatory, Cambridge

Reference number: HS/1/62

Date: 21 October 1833

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has not been requested to settle the affair about Henry Taylor and the Stephen Groombridge business. Would John Frederick William Herschel send him what he has ready for printing, with directions? Observations on the 4th satellite of Jupiter.

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HS/1/62
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21 October 1833
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1 page
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Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Letter, from George Biddell Airy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Observatory, Cambridge, 21 October 1833, HS/1/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_62/letter-from-george-biddell-airy-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-observatory-cambridge, accessed on 19 January 2026

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