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Letter, from Alexander von Humboldt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin

Reference number: HS/10/64

Date: 29 May 1838

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Calling his attention to the works of J. C. Poggendorf and Guillaume Weber. Does he know of the ingenious work carried out at the Cape by C. F. Gauss and Weber?

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HS/10/64
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29 May 1838
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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt

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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, Letter, from Alexander von Humboldt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin, 29 May 1838, HS/10/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_64/letter-from-alexander-von-humboldt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 07 June 2026

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