Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Warren de La Rue, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/23/159
Date: 26 September 1855
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Copy of a letter. Thanks for engraving of Saturn; comments on other aspects of observing that planet. John Frederick William Herschel notes he is confined to a wheelchair.
- Reference number
- HS/23/159
- Earliest possible date
- 26 September 1855
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Warren de La Rue, dated at Collingwood, 26 September 1855, HS/23/159, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_159/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-warren-de-la-rue-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 06 March 2026
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This item is part of:
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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 23 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/23
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Warren de la Rue
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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