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Herschel12477

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[9 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.343 & 21.145
Summary:

JH has written to James South again [see JH's 1833-7-8] but has received no answer; is suggesting that it may well be that [R. A.] Cauchoix, the French optician, can supply object glasses as good as those James South has.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel12478

From:
Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.344
Summary:

Agrees with JH to go direct to the French optician [see JH's 1833-8-9] for a large object glass; HP will provide a telescope with such a lens if G. B. Airy agrees such a large telescope is appropriate to Cambridge Observatory.

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John Herschel Project
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