Letter, from John Brinkley to Sir John Herschel, dated at Observatory, Dublin
Reference number: HS/4/279
Date: 29 January 1825
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Notes and comparisons for their recent observations of stars. Was interested in the account of Henry Kater's collimator and hopes it will be adapted for Greenwich.
- Reference number
- HS/4/279
- Earliest possible date
- 29 January 1825
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Mortimer Brinkley
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John Mortimer Brinkley, Letter, from John Brinkley to Sir John Herschel, dated at Observatory, Dublin, 29 January 1825, HS/4/279, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_279/letter-from-john-brinkley-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-observatory-dublin, accessed on 17 January 2026
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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 4 Beckedorff-Bullan
1817-1871 Reference number: HS/4
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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