Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Haddenham, Thame
Reference number: HS/6/104
Date: 27 May 1857
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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
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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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 24 May 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
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William Rutter Dawes
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