Letter, from Edward Joshua Cooper to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/5/280
Date: 21 October 1838
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Will send a corrected set of Meteorological Observations later. Has not seen the comet, but has seen many shooting stars. Family is in Paris. Will leave 'planches' of his discoveries at this house and they will be delive
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- HS/5/280
- Earliest possible date
- 21 October 1838
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Edward Joshua Cooper, Letter, from Edward Joshua Cooper to Sir John Herschel, 21 October 1838, HS/5/280, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_280/letter-from-edward-joshua-cooper-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 15 May 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 5 B miscellaneous-C
1815-1871 Reference number: HS/5
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Edward Joshua Cooper
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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