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From:
Thomas Romney Robinson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
13 July 1825
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Thomas Romney Robinson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.382
Summary:

Introduces [Dionysius] Lardner, who is a mathematician. Asks how [John] Brinkley's collimators succeeded.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
[7 December 1829]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/TR60 (C: RS:HS 21.53)
Summary:

Congratulates TR on his volume of astronomical observations. Skeptical about alleged changes in Orion nebula. Feels better telescopes and drawings would be needed to confirm this. Discusses own double star observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project