Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/3/16
Date: 15 August 1833
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Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Encourages George Biddell Airy to consider favorably the offer of Hugh Percy [Duke of Northumberland] of donating a telescope to Cambridge Observatory.
- Reference number
- HS/25/3/16
- Earliest possible date
- 15 August 1833
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Slough, 15 August 1833, HS/25/3/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_3_16/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-biddell-airy-dated-at-slough, accessed on 09 February 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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. 3, from 8 December 1831 to 21 September 1834
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/3
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John Frederick William Herschel
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George Biddell Airy
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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