Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Ritchie
Reference number: HS/20/200
Date: 19 February 1825
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Copy of a letter. Will present alterations of William Ritchie's paper to Royal Society [of London] [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1825-1-27]. Asks if he may describe the similarities between William Ritchie's photometer and an instrument John Fred
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- HS/20/200
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- 19 February 1825
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- 4 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Ritchie, 19 February 1825, HS/20/200, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_200/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-ritchie, accessed on 17 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 20 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/20
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John Frederick William Herschel
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William Ritchie
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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