Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Lassell, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/23/271
Date: 27 August 1859
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Copy of a letter. Asks for details of William Lassell's system of speculum polishing and telescope construction as John Frederick William Herschel is preparing an article on telescopes for the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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- HS/23/271
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- 27 August 1859
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Lassell, dated at Collingwood, 27 August 1859, HS/23/271, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_271/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-lassell-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 02 December 2024
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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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William Lassell
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