Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS c/65/74
Title
Letter from Sir William Herschel to an unidentified man
Date(s)
- 21 Sept. 1808 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 single sheet
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Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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.