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Letter, from Fearon Fallows to Sir John Herschel

Reference number: HS/7/158

Date: 6 June 1822

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Autograph letter signed by sender. The comet is not visible. All is ready for its observation. How is the Cambridge observatory progressing? Comet still not visible. Wishes he had a good telescope.

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HS/7/158
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6 June 1822
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3 pages
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Fearon Fallows

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Fearon Fallows, Letter, from Fearon Fallows to Sir John Herschel, 6 June 1822, HS/7/158, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_158/letter-from-fearon-fallows-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 20 August 2026

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