Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Rutter Dawes, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/2/8
Date: 30 May 1831
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Comments with great satisfaction on William Rutter Dawes's observations, and their close agreement with John Frederick William Herschel's for many of the same double stars.
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- HS/25/2/8
- Earliest possible date
- 30 May 1831
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Rutter Dawes, dated at Slough, 30 May 1831, HS/25/2/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_2_8/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-rutter-dawes-dated-at-slough, accessed on 02 December 2024
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This item is part of:
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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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. 2, from 8 March 1831 to 29 November 1831
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/2
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John Frederick William Herschel
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William Rutter Dawes
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