Letter, from C. Goring to Sir John Herschel, dated at 56 Commercial Rd.

Reference number: HS/8/225

Date: January 1825

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Query regarding the diagrams in one of John Frederick William Herschel's articles in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Has purchased one of the compound lenses on John Frederick William Herschel's recommendation, and relates some experiments with it. Would be pleased for John Frederick William Herschel to call at his house.

Reference number: HS/8/225
Earliest possible date: January 1825
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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C. R. Goring

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C. R. Goring, Letter, from C. Goring to Sir John Herschel, dated at 56 Commercial Rd., January 1825, HS/8/225, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_225/letter-from-c-goring-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-56-commercial-rd, accessed on 19 June 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 8 Galbraith-J Grahame
1810-1870 Reference number: HS/8

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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