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Herschel4673

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.58
Summary:

Copy of letter to Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) stating that the Duke's offer of a refracting telescope of great power, to Cambridge Observatory would be a valuable gift. To JH: Remarks on gift of telescope, planet reduction money, and on his geological exploration of the Charnwood Forest.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel4674

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.59
Summary:

Has visited Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) at Buxton, who suggests that JH approaches R. A. Cauchoix for the glass for the new telescope.

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John Herschel Project
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