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Letter, from Edmund B. Denison to Sir John Herschel, dated at 33 Queen Anne St.

Reference number: HS/6/489

Date: 23 March 1866

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending a small book he has written on astronomy. Owes all his knowledge to John Frederick William Herschel's Outlines Astr. Comments on the changes that could be made should any new edition of the Outlines be contemplated.

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HS/6/489
Earliest possible date
23 March 1866
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edmund B. Denison

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Edmund B. Denison, Letter, from Edmund B. Denison to Sir John Herschel, dated at 33 Queen Anne St., 23 March 1866, HS/6/489, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_489/letter-from-edmund-b-denison-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-33-queen-anne-st, accessed on 11 December 2024

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