Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Joshua Cooper, dated at Hout's Bay
Reference number: HS/21/202
Date: 28 April 1836
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Copy of a letter. About observations of Halley's Comet. [In postscript dated 1836-5-3], describes further observations of the comet.
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- HS/21/202
- Earliest possible date
- 28 April 1836
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Joshua Cooper, dated at Hout's Bay, 28 April 1836, HS/21/202, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_202/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-joshua-cooper-dated-at-houts-bay, accessed on 21 April 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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Edward Joshua Cooper
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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