From William Henry Smyth [23 February 1846]

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Double star orbits not ready; R.A.S. waiting for JH's new calculating method. Reads accounts of Biela's Comet. Describes Edinburgh Observatory in detail.

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Record number: Herschel4452
From: William Henry Smyth
To: Sir John Herschel
Date: [23 February 1846]
Sent from: 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea
Source of text: RS:HS 16.287
Physical description: ALS 4pp

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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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From William Henry Smyth [23 February 1846]

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