Letter, from Peter Barlow to Sir John Herschel, dated at Woolwich
Reference number: HS/3/293
Date: 22 March 1830
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Outlining his scheme for the comparison of the strengths of various telescopes, which John Frederick William Herschel seems to have misunderstood.
- Reference number
- HS/3/293
- Earliest possible date
- 22 March 1830
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Peter Barlow, Peter Barlow, Letter, from Peter Barlow to Sir John Herschel, dated at Woolwich, 22 March 1830, HS/3/293, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_293/letter-from-peter-barlow-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-woolwich, accessed on 08 September 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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Peter Barlow
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John Frederick William Herschel
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