Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Feldhausen
Reference number: HS/25/4/7
Date: 20 February 1835
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Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Describes the tests and adjustments John Frederick William Herschel has recommended to Thomas Maclear to try to remove anomalies from the functioning of the transit circle at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope; also comments on the beauty of some southern nebulae.
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- HS/25/4/7
- Earliest possible date
- 20 February 1835
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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 George Biddell Airy, dated at Feldhausen, 20 February 1835, HS/25/4/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_4_7/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-biddell-airy-dated-at-feldhausen, accessed on 13 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. 4, from 14 October 1834 to 20 February 1836
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/4
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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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