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
- Earliest possible date
- 13 September 1846
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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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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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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