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Letter, from Edward Joshua Cooper to Sir John Herschel, dated at Nice

Reference number: HS/5/285

Date: 25 April 1844

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is shortly leaving for the Tyrol. Has been engaged in unsuccessful comet hunting. Has found stars not in John Frederick William Herschel's catalogue and comments on these.

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HS/5/285
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25 April 1844
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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, dated at Nice, 25 April 1844, HS/5/285, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_285/letter-from-edward-joshua-cooper-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-nice, accessed on 15 May 2026

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