Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine
Reference number: MS/257/2/293
Date: 5 December 1866
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Herschel returns Colonel Walkers letter to Sabine, and has looked over their correspondence regarding the establishment of a ‘great refractor’ at Masouri [Mussoorie]. Herschel maintains that a first class refractor is not needed in India, and argues there are no special characteristics there to justify the great expense of such a project.
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- MS/257/2/293
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- 5 December 1866
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine, 5 December 1866, MS/257/2/293, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_293/letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-collingwood-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 22 April 2025
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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.
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