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Reference numberHS/23/12
LevelItem
TitleIncomplete draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Biddell Airy
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date1848-2
DescriptionDraft letter, incomplete. John Frederick William Herschel comments on quality of Georg Merz object glasses.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originn.p.
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Access statusOpen
Related materialCopy: HS/1/196a
Related records in the catalogueHS/1/196a
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4808
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA8035Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician1801 - 1892
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