Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Maclear
Reference number: HS/21/205
Date: 21 April 1836
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Copy of a letter. Sends observations of several more standard stars, and of the comet.
- Reference number
- HS/21/205
- Earliest possible date
- 21 April 1836
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator names
John Frederick William Herschel
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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel
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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Maclear, 21 April 1836, HS/21/205, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_205/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-thomas-maclear, accessed on 18 July 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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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Herschel Letters
This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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