Copy of incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Kater
Reference number: HS/21/64
Date: 30 March 1830
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Copy of incomplete letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Has had a letter from Wilhelm Struve regarding the Standard. Could Henry Kater bring it to the notice of the Royal Society [of London], and advise John Frederick William Herschel?
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- HS/21/64
- Earliest possible date
- 30 March 1830
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- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Kater, 30 March 1830, HS/21/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_64/copy-of-incomplete-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-henry-kater, accessed on 15 February 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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Henry Kater
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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