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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles Richard Weld
Date:
15 December 1845
Source of text:
RS MS 788
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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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George III defrayed all costs (£4000) for William Herschel's 40-feet reflecting telescope. JH began dismantling it in Dec. 1839. Lenses and equipment are in storage. Tube's internal structure of corrugated iron and framework's diagonal bracing were originated by WH.