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Letter, from Arthur Cayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge

Reference number: HS/5/230

Date: 24 March 1868

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has asked J. Henderson to send him the revised proof of John Frederick William Herschel's paper 'Additional Identification of Double Stars.' It will appear in the Monthly Notes and later in the Memoirs.

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HS/5/230
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24 March 1868
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Cayley

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Arthur Cayley, Arthur Cayley, Letter, from Arthur Cayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge, 24 March 1868, HS/5/230, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_230/letter-from-arthur-cayley-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 19 January 2026

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