Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to [William Parkinson] Wilson
Reference number: MS/257/2/288
Date: 1 September 1861
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Herschel outlines advantages of erecting a great reflector in Wilson’s ‘colony’ [Melbourne] for observation of the southern nebulae on the request of Edward Sabine. Refers to the ’colonial expense’ and Melbourne being a ‘very wealthy’ colony.
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- MS/257/2/288
- Earliest possible date
- 1 September 1861
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- Ink on paper
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to [William Parkinson] Wilson, 1 September 1861, MS/257/2/288, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_288/letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-collingwood-to-william-parkinson-wilson, accessed on 14 July 2026
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Science in the Making presents selected items from the 'Manuscripts General' series, notably astronomical observations, investigations of discrete topics, and indices and registers of papers read before the Royal Society.
Dates: 1551 - 1951
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