Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Wallace, dated at London
Reference number: HS/20/226
Date: 12 December 1825
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Copy of a letter. Edinburgh Institution's decision to order instruments from Josef Fraunhofer should send message to 'dilatory and ... abominably expensive' English artists. Axis of Fraunhofer's 8-foot transit instrument is too long. Compares those of Cam
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- HS/20/226
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- 12 December 1825
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Wallace, dated at London, 12 December 1825, HS/20/226, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_226/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-wallace-dated-at-london, accessed on 11 August 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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