Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Kater
Reference number: HS/20/165
Date: 31 July 1823
Description
Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. 'Our micrometer screws' are not in error. F. G. W. Struve's star measurements using Josef Fraunhofer's repeating micrometer agree well with John Frederick William Herschel's. So error must be in Henry Kater's observations.
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- HS/20/165
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- 31 July 1823
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Kater, 31 July 1823, HS/20/165, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_165/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-henry-kater, accessed on 14 January 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 20 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/20
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Henry Kater
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