Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Johann Franz Encke, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/21/63
Date: 19 March 1830
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Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanks for his letter, which had been forwarded to his old address. Is pleased he intends working on double stars, though 70 Ophiuchi may prove difficult. Will send some of his own readings for double stars. Like him, he is astonished at the acrimony of the attack on Thomas Young and the Nautical Almanac.
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- HS/21/63
- Earliest possible date
- 19 March 1830
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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 of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Johann Franz Encke, dated at Slough, 19 March 1830, HS/21/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_63/copy-of-draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-johann-franz-encke-dated-at-slough, accessed on 16 November 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , 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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Johann Franz Encke
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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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