Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Main, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/24/229
Date: 29 September 1868
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Copy of a letter. Sends Robert Main a copy of Angelo Secchi's double star observations pointing to a very large number of calculation errors.
- Reference number
- HS/24/229
- Earliest possible date
- 29 September 1868
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert Main, dated at Collingwood, 29 September 1868, HS/24/229, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_229/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-robert-main-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 11 October 2026
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 24 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/24
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Robert Main
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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