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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
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28 April 1836
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4 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 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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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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