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Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Johann Franz Encke, dated at Slough

Reference number: HS/7/88

Date: 19 March 1830

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Draft letter. Thanks for his letter, which had been forwarded to his old address. Is pleased he intends working on double stars, though 70 Ophiuchi may prove difficult. Will send some of his own readings for double stars. Like him, he is astonished at the acrimony of the attack on Thomas Young and the Nautical Almanac.

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HS/7/88
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19 March 1830
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Johann Franz Encke, dated at Slough, 19 March 1830, HS/7/88, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_88/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-johann-franz-encke-dated-at-slough, accessed on 16 November 2025

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