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Reference numberHS/6/100
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Wateringbury, Maidstone
CreatorWilliam Rutter Dawes
Date23 December 1854
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Would like his opinion on a divided glass, double image micrometer before he submits it to an optician. George Dollond has lent him some divided glasses of long focus. Would like to borrow G. B. Amici's micrometer if John Frederick William Herschel could spare it.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place originWateringbury, Maidstone, Kent
Origin coordinates51.255, 0.423
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Access statusOpen
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6783
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1247Dawes; William Rutter (1799 - 1868); astronomer1799 - 1868
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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