Letter, from Thomas Henderson to Basil Hall, dated at Edinburgh
Reference number: HS/9/282
Date: 17 March 1827
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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
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- 17 March 1827
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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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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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 9 R Grahame-Horsburgh
1819-1871 Reference number: HS/9
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