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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope

Reference number: HS/21/207

Date: 31 May 1836

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Copy of a letter. Thanks William Henry Smyth for having accepted his medal from the Royal Astronomical Society Finds that the [Thomas] Brisbane Catalogue contains insufficient right ascension information, complicating reduction observations. Observed Halley's Comet.

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HS/21/207
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31 May 1836
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3 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope, 31 May 1836, HS/21/207, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_207/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-henry-smyth-dated-at-feldhausen-cape-of-good-hope, accessed on 10 February 2026

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