Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/25/6/17
Date: 16 August 1843
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Has received a request from the Admiralty to order a new telescope for the Cape observatory; at the same time, John Frederick William Herschel has received an unsolicited offer of a lens. John Frederick William Herschel seeks advice and information from George Biddell Airy.
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- HS/25/6/17
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- 16 August 1843
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel
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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Collingwood, 16 August 1843, HS/25/6/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_6_17/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-biddell-airy-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 19 November 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , 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. 6, from 3 March 1840 to 27 September 1846
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/6
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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