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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has looked into John Frederick William Herschel's paper and found the reason for the discrepancy in the observations. Comments on this. Thinks the enclosed paper should be sent to John Frederick William Herschel. Would like to obtain cheap copies of the Greenwich observations if possible.

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HS/9/282
Earliest possible date
17 March 1827
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henderson

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Thomas Henderson, Letter, from Thomas Henderson to Basil Hall, dated at Edinburgh, 17 March 1827, HS/9/282, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_282/letter-from-thomas-henderson-to-basil-hall-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 16 February 2026

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    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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