Item 20 - Letter from James Challis

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Reference code

Add. MS a/202/20

Title

Letter from James Challis

Date(s)

  • 5 Dec. 1839 (Creation)

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1 p

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Scope and content

Observatory - Returns WW's paper and will be glad to talk to him about the enclosed mathematics. The paper should not be withdrawn as WW's application of the equation to tides is as far as he knows original.

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