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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Lassell, dated at Southampton

Reference number: HS/22/283

Date: 13 September 1846

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Copy of a letter. Believes that the observations William Lassell has made are quite sufficient to establish the existence of the seventh satellite of Saturn.

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HS/22/283
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13 September 1846
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1 page
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Lassell, dated at Southampton, 13 September 1846, HS/22/283, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_283/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-lassell-dated-at-southampton, accessed on 22 April 2025

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