Copy of an incomplete letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at [Feldhausen]
Reference number: HS/25/9/1
Date: 24 October 1835
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Copy of incomplete letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Provides list of desiderata for activities for observatories of the '2nd and 3rd classes.' Reports his progress from the Cape, and his inability as yet to see Halley's or Encke's comet.
- Reference number
- HS/25/9/1
- Earliest possible date
- 24 October 1835
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of an incomplete letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at [Feldhausen], 24 October 1835, HS/25/9/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_9_1/copy-of-an-incomplete-letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-to-richard-sheepshanks-dated-at-feldhausen, accessed on 15 July 2026
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