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Please cite as “Herschel11712,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 12 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11712
Has been observing since 3 a.m. and his fingers are powerless with the cold. Observed a star group, which may be Halley's Comet. Comments on the working of his telescope. Has JH placed his 20-ft. telescope in position for the Blueberg Mountains?
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library
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