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Reference numberMM/19/116
LevelItem
TitleNotes on the Huyghens object glass
Datec.1855
DescriptionQuoting from a letter from George Gabriel Stokes to J F W Herschel, 26 January 1855.

Seemingly in the hand of Thomas Romney Robinson.

Notes are with reference to the Southern Hemisphere telescope.
Extent3 sides
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist1819 - 1903
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