Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Diedrich Wackerbarth, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/25/15/27
Date: 21 March 1866
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Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father.
Following on from Wackerbarth's suggestion to collect William Herschel's published works into one volume was considered earlier, but publishers found it not profitable. All works except two are in R.S.P.T., 1780-1818. [Letter continues 22 Mar.:] Herschel almost completed identifying and assembling all of William Herschel's double stars and micrometrical measures. Thanks for calling attention to 'unpublished series of 400 'Guages [sic] ('hausters')" noticed by [Maximilian Weisse]. Herschel was not aware of these. [Letter continues 23 Mar.:] Does not approve of Wackerbarth's suggestion to request subscriptions to fund collection of William Herschel's works. [Note by copyist: List of differences between original letter and copy.] [Unknown annotation: 'Original in No. 2 Corresp. Tin box B.8.']
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Diedrich Wackerbarth, dated at Collingwood, 21 March 1866, HS/25/15/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_15_27/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-francis-diedrich-wackerbarth-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 16 August 2026
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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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to various correspondents from 1836 to 1870
1875 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/15
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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