Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place
Reference number: HS/3/179
Date: 21 March 1840
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has sent the letter and diploma to the King of Denmark. Regarding the printing of Thomas Maclear's paper on N. L. Lacaille. H. C. Schumacher has seen a third comet.
- Reference number
- HS/3/179
- Earliest possible date
- 21 March 1840
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Francis Baily, Francis Baily, Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place, 21 March 1840, HS/3/179, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_179/letter-from-francis-baily-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-37-tavistock-place, accessed on 18 April 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 3 Babinet-Beaufort
1819-1869 Reference number: HS/3
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Francis Baily
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John Frederick William Herschel
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