Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Davies Gilbert, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/8/118
Date: 19 September 1828
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Copy of a letter. Hastens to correct his own error; the comet he observed is no comet, but one of his father's nebulae. Regrets the errors.
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- HS/8/118
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- 19 September 1828
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Davies Gilbert, dated at Slough, 19 September 1828, HS/8/118, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_118/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-davies-gilbert-dated-at-slough, accessed on 18 March 2025
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