Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Grant, dated at 32 Harley St.
Reference number: HS/23/120
Date: 23 April 1852
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Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanks Robert Grant for a copy of the History of Physical Astronomy; comments on the behavior of cometary tails.
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- HS/23/120
- Earliest possible date
- 23 April 1852
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Grant, dated at 32 Harley St., 23 April 1852, HS/23/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_120/copy-of-draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-robert-grant-dated-at-32-harley-st, accessed on 18 May 2026
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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