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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Wilhelm Struve, dated at Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent

Reference number: HS/23/36

Date: 20 September 1848

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Copy of a letter. Uneasy at no confirmation of arrival of sent Cape Results. Lists observatories to have received copies. Is preparing new edition of Treatise Astr., now titled Outlines Astr.

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HS/23/36
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20 September 1848
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3 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 Wilhelm Struve, dated at Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent, 20 September 1848, HS/23/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_36/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-wilhelm-struve-dated-at-collingwood-hawkhurst-kent, accessed on 05 December 2024

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