Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Portsmouth
Reference number: HS/3/119
Date: 12 November 1833
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Waiting for the ship to be repaired. Has sent him his paper on satellites. Would like 100 offprints. Just about to go on board ship.
- Reference number
- HS/3/119
- Earliest possible date
- 12 November 1833
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Portsmouth, 12 November 1833, HS/3/119, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_119/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-francis-baily-dated-at-portsmouth, accessed on 12 December 2025
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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 3 Babinet-Beaufort
1819-1869 Reference number: HS/3
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Francis Baily
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