Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Maclear, dated at [Feldhausen]
Reference number: HS/21/194
Date: 15 July 1837
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Copy of a letter. Comments on stellar observations made by TM and reports John Frederick William Herschel's observations on sunspots. Notes error in [J. E.] Bode's celestial map.
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- HS/21/194
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- 15 July 1837
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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 Thomas Maclear, dated at [Feldhausen], 15 July 1837, HS/21/194, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_194/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-thomas-maclear-dated-at-feldhausen, accessed on 14 March 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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Thomas Maclear
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