Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Wateringbury, Maidstone
Reference number: HS/6/97
Date: 12 December 1851
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Suggesting someone suitable as a Greek scholar. News of his relations. Is pleased she likes his description of the solar eclipse. Regarding the priority of the discovery of the faint rings of Saturn.
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- HS/6/97
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- 12 December 1851
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- 11 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Rutter Dawes, Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Wateringbury, Maidstone, 12 December 1851, HS/6/97, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_97/letter-from-william-rutter-dawes-to-margaret-brodie-herschel-dated-at-wateringbury-maidstone, accessed on 08 June 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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