Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame
Reference number: HS/6/115
Date: 26 February 1864
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like account of the telescope of Warren de La Rue which John Frederick William Herschel has. E. J. Stone of the Royal Observatory has seen objects on the sun's surface like grains of rice.
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- HS/6/115
- Earliest possible date
- 26 February 1864
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Rutter Dawes, Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame, 26 February 1864, HS/6/115, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_115/letter-from-william-rutter-dawes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-hopefield-haddenham-thame, accessed on 12 December 2024
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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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