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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Lassell, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/209

Date: 21 October 1857

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Copy of a letter. Is preparing a new edition of Outlines Astr., and would like to know from William Lassell the status of each of the satellites of Uranus and Neptune.

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HS/23/209
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21 October 1857
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1 page
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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 William Lassell, dated at Collingwood, 21 October 1857, HS/23/209, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_209/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-lassell-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 22 April 2025

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