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Copy of a letter. Stopped compilation of comet orbits because it had already been done. Would provide money from donation fund to distribute copies of this information.

Reference number
HS/23/114
Earliest possible date
31 July 1852
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, 31 July 1852, HS/23/114, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_114/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 25 April 2025

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    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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