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Description: | Card with a description of the mirrors of Herschel's 40ft telescope. handwritten details concerning the speculum mirrors , on piece of paper which is glued on to card and stored in a brown envelope.
In ink, on the outside of the envelope is written:
'This mirror was found behind the great mirror in the Hall (when the Hall was being repapered in 1933) handwriting is JH's - but the statements therein need verification.'
The 'Hall' referred to here is at Observatory House in Slough. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Sir John Frederick William Herschel | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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