Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Wilhelm Struve, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/3/7
Date: 12 May 1832
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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. Is now committed to the Cape journey, and will be occupied most of the time till then with the reduction of John Frederick William Herschel's nebulae observations. Comments on several other astronomical matters. [Letter is finished on board a steam packet on the way to Hamburg to visit John Frederick William Herschel's aunt, Caroline, dated 1832-6-9.]
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- HS/25/3/7
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- 12 May 1832
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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 Wilhelm Struve, dated at Slough, 12 May 1832, HS/25/3/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_3_7/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-wilhelm-struve-dated-at-slough, accessed on 19 April 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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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve
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