Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place
Reference number: HS/3/255
Date: 5 August 1843
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has received official communication from the Treasury that the government will provide financial assistance to print the catalogues of stars. Both these catalogues and the one to be printed by the B.A.A.S. await their decision on star nomenclature.
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- HS/3/255
- Earliest possible date
- 5 August 1843
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Francis Baily, Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, dated at 37 Tavistock Place, 5 August 1843, HS/3/255, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_255/letter-from-francis-baily-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-37-tavistock-place, accessed on 04 December 2024
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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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