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Letter, from Peter Barlow to Sir John Herschel, dated at Woolwich

Reference number: HS/3/293

Date: 22 March 1830

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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.

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HS/3/293
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22 March 1830
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Peter Barlow

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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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