Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/22/268
Date: 20 February 1846
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Copy of a letter. Suggests trustees of British Museum make an offer for Mme. Witte's lunar model. Cape Results at press. Observed double comet.
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- HS/22/268
- Earliest possible date
- 20 February 1846
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood, 20 February 1846, HS/22/268, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_268/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-henry-smyth-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 12 August 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 22 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/22
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John Frederick William Herschel
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William Henry Smyth
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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