Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Lassell, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/22/114
Date: 20 March 1842
Description
Copy of a letter. Comments on William Lassell's finding a sixth star in the trapezium of Orion [see William Lassell's 1842-3-10]; lists other catalogues that identify that star.
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- HS/22/114
- Earliest possible date
- 20 March 1842
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Lassell, dated at Collingwood, 20 March 1842, HS/22/114, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_114/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-lassell-dated-at-collingwood, 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 22 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/22
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John Frederick William Herschel
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William Lassell
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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