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

Reference number: HS/6/98

Date: 3 February 1852

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for his help regarding his nephew. Hopes mild weather has not upset John Frederick William Herschel. Doubtless he has seen notes of the various observations of Saturn in Royal Astronomical Society Monthly Notices

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HS/6/98
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3 February 1852
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3 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 Wateringbury, Maidstone, 3 February 1852, HS/6/98, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_98/letter-from-william-rutter-dawes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-wateringbury-maidstone, accessed on 20 July 2026

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