Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/25/8/54
Date: 9 May 1843
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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. Has received observations of the comet from C. P. Smyth, which he may like to communicate to the Royal Astronomical Society Comments on the deplorable state of the Cape Town [?] Observatory.
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- HS/25/8/54
- Earliest possible date
- 9 May 1843
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood, 9 May 1843, HS/25/8/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_8_54/copy-of-a-letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-to-francis-baily-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 17 March 2026
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