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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
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26 February 1864
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3 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 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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