Letter, from Edward Joshua Cooper to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cabinteeley
Reference number: HS/5/286
Date: 16 September 1847
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Encloses copies of configurations of nebulae clusters and explains his readings. Has he heard of Macedoine Melloni's water eye piece? [Andrew] Graham has invented a new micrometer.
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- HS/5/286
- Earliest possible date
- 16 September 1847
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- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edward Joshua Cooper, Letter, from Edward Joshua Cooper to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cabinteeley, 16 September 1847, HS/5/286, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_286/letter-from-edward-joshua-cooper-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cabinteeley, 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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