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Letter from J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, Collingwood, to Sir E [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society]

Reference number: MC/9/63

Date: 28 April 1870

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Regarding the effect of fluctuating temperatures on the speculum surfaces at the Melbourne telescope. This is related to possible problems with the telescope, which Sabine has been informed about.

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MC/9/63
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28 April 1870
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3 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, Collingwood, to Sir E [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society], 28 April 1870, MC/9/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mc_9_63/letter-from-j-f-w-john-frederick-william-herschel-collingwood-to-sir-e-edward-sabine-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 25 April 2025

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