Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to David Brewster, dated at Kensington
Reference number: HS/21/11
Date: 21 May 1828
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Copy of a letter. Sending David Brewster a draft of a paper; comments on quality of a chromatic lens (that of [Charles] Tulley's telescope using Pierre Guinand's glass).
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- HS/21/11
- Earliest possible date
- 21 May 1828
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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 David Brewster, dated at Kensington, 21 May 1828, HS/21/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_11/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-david-brewster-dated-at-kensington, accessed on 19 January 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 21 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/21
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John Frederick William Herschel
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David Brewster
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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