Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Starfield, Liverpool
Reference number: HS/6/92
Date: 26 September 1848
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has experienced bad weather since the discovery of Saturn's 8th satellite. William Lassell proposes to call it Hyperion. Wishes Starfield Observatory was situated in a clearer atmosphere.
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- HS/6/92
- Earliest possible date
- 26 September 1848
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Rutter Dawes, Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Starfield, Liverpool, 26 September 1848, HS/6/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_92/letter-from-william-rutter-dawes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-starfield-liverpool, accessed on 17 May 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
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William Rutter Dawes
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