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Reference numberHS/6/475
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from William B. Davis to Sir John Herschel, dated at 61 Charlotte St.
CreatorDavis; William B. (fl. 1870)
Date3 November 1870
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Is looking for employment as a calculator and if John Frederick William Herschel has the superintendence of the reduction of C. F. Gauss's Constants he would like the position.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place origin61 Charlotte St., London
Origin coordinates51.51983, -013628
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Access statusOpen
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7296
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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