Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ormskirk
Reference number: HS/6/55
Date: 14 October 1833
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Hopes John Frederick William Herschel is still in England as the barometer indicates a gale. Gives some of his recent star observations. Was disappointed with the state of James South's instruments at Kensington. Met W. S. Stratford and Thomas Henderson there. William Lassell is an ingenious man.
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- HS/6/55
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- 14 October 1833
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- 3 pages
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William Rutter Dawes, Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ormskirk, 14 October 1833, HS/6/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_55/letter-from-william-rutter-dawes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-ormskirk, accessed on 03 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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