Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/21/76
Date: 19 December 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. Concerning the necessity for two observatories in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Reference number
- HS/21/76
- Earliest possible date
- 19 December 1830
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Slough, 19 December 1830, HS/21/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_76/copy-of-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-francis-baily-dated-at-slough, accessed on 08 February 2026
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This item is part of:
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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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Francis Baily
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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