Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/23/6
Date: 19 January 1848
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Copy of a letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Richard Sheepshanks will receive two communications for the Royal Astronomical Society, one from S. C. Walker on Neptune's elements, the other from Otto Struve on the interior satellite of Uranus. Walker's could go into the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, whereas Struve's ought be read at a regular meeting. Recommends reading of William Lassell's work on Neptune's satellite as it predates Struve's. Caroline Herschel died on the 9 [Jan.] at age 98.
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- HS/23/6
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- 19 January 1848
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- 2 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood, 19 January 1848, HS/23/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_6/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-richard-sheepshanks-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 23 January 2025
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