Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Davies Gilbert, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/8/113
Date: 21 July 1828
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Copy of a letter. Understands the Board of Longitude has been dissolved. Wonders what the position now is regarding the Optical Glass Committee. Outlines his own views and would welcome Davies Gilbert's instructions.
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- HS/8/113
- Earliest possible date
- 21 July 1828
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Davies Gilbert, dated at Slough, 21 July 1828, HS/8/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_113/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-davies-gilbert-dated-at-slough, accessed on 11 April 2026
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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