Item 74 - Letter from Sir William Herschel to an unidentified man

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Add. MS c/65/74

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Letter from Sir William Herschel to an unidentified man

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  • 21 Sept. 1808 (Creation)

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Whewell, Cordelia (1803-1855), wife of William Whewell
(1803-1855)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Is glad to find his love of astronomy has not forsaken him, was not able to visit him in Devizes, suggests a seven foot Newtonian reflector of his construction, and that he is happy to sell one, offers advice on making one, or to show his own in Slough.

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