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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.

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HS/23/159
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26 September 1855
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2 pages
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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 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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