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

Reference number: HS/10/69

Date: 19 January 1850

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Queries regarding John Frederick William Herschel's star lists. Sending magnetic information from A. T. Kupffer. Regarding the distribution of nebulae.

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HS/10/69
Earliest possible date
19 January 1850
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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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, 19 January 1850, HS/10/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_69/letter-from-alexander-von-humboldt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 11 March 2026

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