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Letter from the Laurence Parsons, Earl of Rosse on a paper 'On polishing the specula of reflecting telescopes' by William Lassell

Reference number: RR/7/383

Date: 15 February 1875

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He has enclosed his report on the paper. He is glad that in the 'closing period of life he is giving out to the world the results of his experiment in the art of polishing specula'.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1875].

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RR/7/383
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15 February 1875
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Laurence Parsons

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Laurence Parsons, Letter from the Laurence Parsons, Earl of Rosse on a paper 'On polishing the specula of reflecting telescopes' by William Lassell, 15 February 1875, RR/7/383, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_383/letter-from-the-laurence-parsons-earl-of-rosse-on-a-paper-on-polishing-the-specula-of-reflecting-telescopes-by-william-lassell, accessed on 22 March 2025

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