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RefNoHS/16/2
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 30 Woburn Place
CreatorRichard Sheepshanks
Date7 January 1833
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to review a publication Richard Sheepshanks was preparing. Comments on James South's claim concerning supposed defects in the telescope made for him by Edward Troughton. Suggests John Frederick William Herschel intercede with the government to get it to support G. B. Airy's reduction of the Greenwich planetary observations.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place origin30 Woburn Place, London
Origin coordinates51° 31′ 25.68″ N, 0° 7′ 35.04″ W
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3659
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5536Sheepshanks; Richard (1794 - 1855)1794 - 1855
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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