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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

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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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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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