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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Grant, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/226

Date: 3 March 1858

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Copy of a letter. About possible changes in the second edition of John Frederick William Herschel's Outlines Astr. due to the writings of another astronomer, Ignatio Porro.

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HS/23/226
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3 March 1858
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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 Robert Grant, dated at Collingwood, 3 March 1858, HS/23/226, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_226/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-robert-grant-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 05 December 2024

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