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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
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21 May 1828
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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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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