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From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 October 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0538; Reel 1093
Summary:

Suggests alteration in list of observatories that JH sent to W. S. Stratford. Advises JH to include private astronomers on list also. News of [Elizabeth] Baily. Needs to borrow Francis Baily's apparatus for measuring length.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 October 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.123; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude for receipt of JH's Cape Results. Glad that Parramatta catalogue was helpful. Laments government decision to do away with Parramatta observatory. TB suffering from rheumatism.

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John Herschel Project
From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 October 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.319
Summary:

Comments on astronomical symbols, and position of camera when photographing buildings.

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John Herschel Project