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Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ormskirk

Reference number: HS/6/57

Date: 28 December 1836

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Ill health has prevented him from working in astronomy. Talk of a Liverpool Observatory. Details of the large display of meteors seen on 12 November. Faults in his instruments. Queries regarding Saturn. Hopes to see him at the B.A.A.S. meeting in Liverpool next year.

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HS/6/57
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28 December 1836
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4 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 Ormskirk, 28 December 1836, HS/6/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_57/letter-from-william-rutter-dawes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-ormskirk, accessed on 06 December 2024

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