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RefNoHS/11/151
LevelItem
TitleDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Lassell, dated at Collingwood
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date1 November 1857
DescriptionDraft letter. Wishes all success to his proposed visit to Malta. Has been able to find the volumes of Royal Astronomical Society Monthly Notices Comments on William Lassell's system of levers for his telescope.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place originCollingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
Origin coordinates51.035306, 0.513556
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialHS/23/212
RelatedRecordHS/23/212
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11260
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA7987Lassell; William (1799 - 1880); astronomer1799 - 1880
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