Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/21/66
Date: 31 March 1830
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Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Says manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens] cannot be improved materially except perhaps on one or two small points. Will look at it again when it is together in a whole. Announces birth of John Frederick William Herschel's daughter [Caroline] that morning.
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- HS/21/66
- Earliest possible date
- 31 March 1830
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville, dated at Slough, 31 March 1830, HS/21/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_66/copy-of-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-mary-somerville-dated-at-slough, accessed on 25 March 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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