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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for the copy of his Essays. Query about measuring the focal length of a double object glass. Gives results of his recent observations. Hopes accounts of John Frederick William Herschel's son are good.

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HS/6/104
Earliest possible date
27 May 1857
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Rutter Dawes

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William Rutter Dawes, Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Haddenham, Thame, 27 May 1857, HS/6/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_104/letter-from-william-rutter-dawes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-haddenham-thame, accessed on 06 December 2024

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