Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Achille Brachet, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/4/212

Date: 15 November 1855

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Draft letter. Answer to his queries on telescopes and rays of light. Is sorry he rejects Joseph Fraunhofer's fixed lenses.

Reference number: HS/4/212
Earliest possible date: 15 November 1855
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Achille Brachet, dated at Collingwood, 15 November 1855, HS/4/212, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_212/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-achille-brachet-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 05 December 2024

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