Letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh

Reference number: HS/7/284

Date: 28 April 1833

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has acquired a 7-ft. Newtonian telescope of William Herschel made in 1802. Is well preserved but the speculum appears to be tarnished. Would like to bring it to London to obtain John Frederick William Herschel's advice on its shortcomings. Is going to France to collect the actinometers and the results of L. F. Kämtz.

Reference number: HS/7/284
Earliest possible date: 28 April 1833
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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James David Forbes, Letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 28 April 1833, HS/7/284, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_284/letter-from-james-david-forbes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 25 March 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 7 Eardley Wilmot-F
1820-1871 Reference number: HS/7

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